Welcome!

I’ve been making music under the name GABETHEGOAT1K since I was 14.

At least… that’s the easiest way to tell the story.

Truthfully, I’ve always been interested in ideas more than mediums.

Over the years I found myself reaching for whatever tool best communicated the feeling I was chasing. Sometimes that was music. Sometimes live experiences. Sometimes fashion. Illustration. Writing. Sound design. Worldbuilding. Whatever helped bring the idea to life.

This museum is a snapshot of that process. Less of a greatest hits and more of an archive of becoming.

Every song here represents different sides of my experience and years of experimentation. Different cities, different people, different influences, different ways of thinking. Looking back, all of those experiments taught me something much bigger than how to make songs.

They taught me my taste.

They taught me how I tell stories.

They taught me that the thing I’ve really been building all along isn’t just music.

It’s worlds.

This is an introduction to GBRL.

The director.

Welcome to the museum.

MUSICAL MUSEUM

An exhibition by

GBRL

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Cover Art:

Photographer- GABETHEGOAT1K

Illustrations- GABETHEGOAT1K

Photo Editing- GABETHEGOAT1K

Stylist- GABETHEGOAT1K

1- Intro

Created in a hostel on Clifton, by the park. This particular night, I was in a heightened state from a magical fungus, and one of the couples I was sharing the apartment with (late-stage capitalism at its finest, bro, cause why are there 6 adults in a Brooklyn apartment?) began arguing very loudly in the kitchen. Thankfully, they were from Wales, so their accents made the situation more entertaining because I hadn’t heard Welsh rage before that day.

The commotion disrupted the atmosphere, so I put on “Doin’ Time” by Sublime to relax me. I had only discovered the song earlier that week, at a bar where I lived. I remember Shazaming it immediately because I was in the middle of making a chill song playlist.

In my attempt to regulate my nervous system, I went from YouTube to Logic Pro and started cooking. And now it’s the opening track to this collection!

  • Artists- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Writers- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Producers- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Samples- Sublime: Doin Time

    Engineering- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • Photographer- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Illustrations- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Photo Editing- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Stylist- GABETHEGOAT1K, GOATWRLD, Redline Denim

  • Photographer- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Illustrations- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Photo Editing- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Stylist- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • “Whoa

    Whoa

    Whoa

    Whoa

    Ladies and gentlemen

    Boys and girls

    Theys and thems

    The entire world

    Off the walls,

    Out your seats.

    Now move your body to this sick beat.

    Let’s go”

  • Instagrams

    Me- https://instagram.com/mynameisgbrl

2- L2TB

This is the first song where I heard myself.

By the time I made it, I’d already recorded hundreds of songs. I knew how to write. I knew how to produce. I knew how to mix. But I still felt like I was borrowing little pieces of the artists I loved. This was one of the first records where I stopped hearing my influences and started hearing my own taste.

It happened in a tiny room off Linden Boulevard in Jamaica, Queens during one of the hottest stretches of summer. The room wasn’t supposed to be a bedroom, so there weren’t even any vents. I was basically paying $1,100 a month to sleep in a hot box. I’d wake up in a puddle of sweat and think, “Well… I guess sleep is done now”

So I’d open my computer and cook.

This is the newest song in the museum, but it felt like the right place to introduce y’all to me.

  • Artists- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Writers- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Producers- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Samples- Something, idk what it is tho (will edit if I find out)

    Engineering- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • Photographer- John W

    Illustrations- N/a

    Photo Editing- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Stylist- GABETHEGOAT1K, Redline Denim

  • Photographer- John W

    Illustrations- N/A

    Photo Editing- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Stylist- GABETHEGOAT1K, Redline Denim

  • “I got what these niggas ain’t

    I do what these niggas can’t

    Cashin out on all my talent bitch I’m laughin to the bank

    Yeah, 

    Bitch, I’m laughin to the bank

    Yessir

    I got what these niggas ain’t

    I do what these niggas can’t

    I’m the GOAT, ain’t no debate

    Please don’t hate, feel motivation

    Uncle Grandpa, no relation

    See the world for recreation

    See the vibe, you can’t replace it

    Ain’t no rear views on this spaceship

    So I’m never lookin back.

    Stand alone, these folks be whack

    When you leave, just don’t come back

    I will never backtrack

    Guess I’ll never have that

    Like I’m lookin for an island

    And my name is Flapjack

    All these setbacks set up comebacks

    Please don’t come back when I’m up

    And if it’s up, just know it’s stuck

    I give my opps bad luck

    I live my life too rough

    I’m too trim, too him

    Real slim, too tuff

    Nice bars

    All dope, all heat, no fluff

    Too much motion in the ocean, swear I do too much

    Swear I do too much

    Cause

    Cause I

    Cause I

    Cause I

    I got what these niggas ain’t

    I do what these niggas can’t

    Cashin out on all my talent, bitch I’m laughin’ to the bank

    Ha-ha

    Ha-ha

    Ha-ha

    Ha-ha

    I got what these niggas ain’t

    I do what these niggas can’t

    Cashin out on all my talent, bitch I’m laughin’ to the bank

    Ha-ha

    Ha-ha

    Ha-ha

    Hey, hey

    I got what these niggas ain’t

    I do what these niggas can’t

    Fuck these niggas talkin bout

    Let’s hope Allah set em straight

    Fore it really be some straightenin, like some pressed-down silky waves

    Live my whole life on a wave

    Guess that’s why I be so wavy

    Life too crazy

    Need to find some meditation

    But I found some medication

    Now I’m high as constellation

    It be feelin good half the time

    Other half the time I’m vacant

    Stimming out, yeah I be bakin

    Deep fried, I’m funnel cakin

    Walkin’ ’round this world deeply fried,

    Fried deeply

    I feel the sun on my skin

    Got some hydration nearby

    I know I’m gonna be alright

    I got somethin these folks ain’t got

    I been doin shit these folks ain’t done

    Honestly and truly, I’m the one.

    GABETHEGOAT1K.

    DRAPETOMANIA, Bitch 

    Let’s go”

  • Instagrams

    Me- https://instagram.com/mynameisgbrl

    John- https://www.instagram.com/jwstudioco

3- Higher

This song reminds me of a very specific chapter of my life.

I had just gotten back to Atlanta from NYC after an 8-month trip, and this was my first time living in a place in Atlanta that isn’t my mom’s house. Everything felt new. For the first time, I had the place to bring my people, I had all my equipment and all the energy in the world! 

During that period, sessions happened almost every day. I’d grab a twelve-pack of Cayman Jack Margaritas, some za, and invite folks from the scene I was around at the time. Music became less of a solitary practice and more of a community event.

I had this beat sitting on my hard drive for a while before Stevoo recorded the “let me take you higher” section. The next week we showed Tristin, and he wrote and recorded his verse in like 15 minutes.

This stint in Atlanta felt like a creative camp!

  • Artists- Tristin White

    Writers- Tristin White, Stevoo

    Producers- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Samples- N/A

    Engineering- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • Photographer- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Illustrations- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Photo Editing- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Stylist- GABETHEGOAT1K, GOATWRLD, Redline Denim

  • Photographer- N/A

    Illustrations- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Photo Editing- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Stylist- N/A

  • “Hmm

    Can you take me higher

    Higher

    Need you to take me higher

    Higher

    Yeah

    Now can you take me higher

    Higher

    Yeah

    Now can you take me higher

    Higher

    Higher than I ever been, you got me floating up

    Floating up yeah

    Oh yeah

    Girl, you make me tipsy like the drink that’s in my cup

    Yeah

    Girl, you know

    Bae just take me in your room, I’m tryna get into you.

    Girl you know I’m sauced up, I can make an interlude.

    Say you got a boyfriend, but he can’t even handle you.

    Just come to my fantasy, you know I got tickets for two

    It’s true

    I can take you higher

    Higher

    Ooh, let me take you higher

    Higher.

    (Harmonies)

    Hmmm

    Can you take me higher

    Higher

    Need you to take me higher

    Higher

    Yeah

    Now can you take me higher

    Higher

    Yeah

    Now can you take me higher

    Higher

    Higher than I’ve ever been

    You got me floating up

    Up

    Up, Up, Up

    Up

    Up, Up, Up

    Up

    Up, Up, Up

    It’s true, I can take you higher

    Higher

    Ooh, let me take you higher

    Higher”

  • Links

    Whenter Religion- https://whenterreligion.com/

    Instagrams

    Me- https://instagram.com/mynameisgbrl

    Stevoo- https://www.instagram.com/1k.stevoo

    Dreke- https://www.instagram.com/daddy_fashion

4-N2U

This piece began as part of a much longer experiment.

At the time, I was spending a lot of my creative energy exploring what could happen when familiar sounds were pushed beyond their original context. I don’t typically approach music with a clear destination in mind; I treat the process more like wandering. Sometimes you just gotta move your hands and follow the sounds for real.

The original version was roughly four minutes long and eventually became part of the foundation for what would later evolve into The Fool’s Journey. For this project, I separated that larger piece into two shorter interludes.

Sometimes an idea arrives with a clear purpose.

Sometimes you simply move your hands and trust your taste.

  • Artists- N/A

    Writers- N/A

    Producers- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Samples- Higher: GABETHEGOAT1K, Tristin White, Stevoo

    Engineering- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • Photographer- Dreke

    Illustrations- N/A

    Photo Editing- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Stylist- GABETHEGOAT1K, Dreke

  • Photographer- Dreke

    Illustrations- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Photo Editing-GABETHEGOAT1K

    Stylist- GABETHEGOAT1K, Dreke

  • N/A

  • Links

    Whenter Religion- https://whenterreligion.com/

    Instagrams

    Me- https://instagram.com/mynameisgbrl

    Dreke- https://www.instagram.com/daddy_fashion

5- Hiyahhh

Like N2U, this piece emerged from the same four-minute experiment built around a sample from “Higher.” It would eventually become the introduction to The Fool’s Journey.

At the time, my life felt like a constant transition. I was outgrowing my environment while simultaneously trying to improve it. The person I wanted to become seemed to exist on the other side of some invisible barrier, and every attempt to reach him was met with resistance.

I realize now that I was experiencing a kind of grief.

Many of the people, habits, places, and ideas that felt familiar no longer aligned with who I was becoming. Letting go was necessary, but that didn’t make it easy.

Years later, I’m grateful for many of the decisions I made during that period. Though at the time, it felt less like growth and more like climbing a mountain of Legos barefoot towards fog, hoping the beach is on the other side.

  • Artists- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Writers- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Producers- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Samples- Higher: GABETHEGOAT1K, Tristin White, Stevoo

    Engineering- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • Photographer- Dreke

    Illustrations- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Photo Editing- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Stylist- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • Photographer- Dreke

    Illustrations- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Photo Editing- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Stylist- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • “I been climbin

    I been stylin

    I been fuckin wylin

    Pave a road up on this mountain

    I been fuckin climbin

    It’s been on my mind

    I’ma walk em down

    I’ma trooper, tell my mama I’ll be fine

    Mama, I’ll be fine

    It’s been on my mind

    I’ma take the time

    I’ma get it right

    Take em for a ride

    Walk before you fly

    Walkin up with pride, I’ma take em high

    I been gettin high, I been gettin by

    They ain’t gettin’ by on me

    Got my spirit high, I done theorized

    That I’m who I’m posed to be

    I ain’t wastin time

    I been makin time

    All it take is time

    I ain’t wastin time

    I been makin time

    All it take is time”

  • Links

    Whenter Religion- https://whenterreligion.com/

    Instagrams

    Me- https://instagram.com/mynameisgbrl

    Dreke- https://www.instagram.com/daddy_fashion

6- Bruce Banner

Bruce Banner is the final form of the series of experiments that began with “Higher,” continued through N2U and Hiyahhh, and eventually transformed into something entirely its own.

By this point, I had already spent years making music, learning production, recording vocals, writing songs, and figuring out what worked for me. Instead of trying to fit into a style, I was beginning to trust my instincts and follow my own energy more so.

The title felt appropriate because the song captures a transformation. Bruce Banner and The Hulk aren’t different people. It’s the same person with the restraints removed.

This was one of the first times I cooked something and thought, “Wow, this is what my spirit sounds like.”

  • Artists- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Writers- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Producers- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Samples- Higher: GABETHEGOAT1K, Tristin White, Stevoo

    Engineering- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • Photographer- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Illustrations- N/A

    Photo Editing- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Stylist- N/A

  • Photographer- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Illustrations- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Photo Editing-GABETHEGOAT1K

    Stylist- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • “I been on the grind

    Think I need some fuckin time

    Just to clear my motherfuckin mind

    But I gotta get a dime

    I ain’t sellin time

    I been sellin portions of my mind

    Cooking up all these gems for me to find

    Hard drive worth a Bentley, and a yacht

    And a drop

    And a spot

    I just need a shot

    I’ll be fine

    Oh, whoa

    Oh, whoa.

    Bruce Banner in my blunt

    Ruby Farms, it ain’t no Runtz

    Took time to get this trim

    Ain’t no way I ain’t gon stunt

    Put time into that gym

    Ain’t no way I’m just gon punt

    Been watchin all this film

    You can’t fool me with no front

    Can’t treat me like no grunt

    Built a whole business this month

    I thought of it, then I did it

    I ain’t waitin for no front

    I thought of it, then I did it

    I can make another next month

    I thought of it, then I…

    The answer is smash, what’s next

    I just wanna smash, just a little bit

    I just wanna smash, just a little bit

    I just wanna smash

    I just wanna smash

    I just wanna smash, just a little bit

    I just wanna smash, just a little bit

    I just wanna smash

    I just wanna smash

    Hulk smash on the ass

    Hulk smash on the gas

    Hulk smashing your bitch

    Hulk smashing the glass

    Smash

    Smash

    Hulk smash on the ass

    Hulk smash on the glass

    Hulk smashing your bitch

    Hulk smashing the glass

    Smash

    Smash”

  • Instagrams

    Me- https://instagram.com/mynameisgbrl

7- eyeObstain

This was the first song I recorded for DRAPETOMANIA.

I had just spent damn near an hour on FaceTime with one of my childhood friends, venting about why I felt like I needed to leave Atlanta. By the time we hung up, my head was racing. I walked straight over to my computer and made this.

Around that time, I started noticing how many ideas people inherit without ever choosing. Opinions. Politics. Religion. Success. Masculinity. Even the way we dress and talk. So much of life felt like people were playing characters they never auditioned for.

I’ve always been fascinated by how willingly people adopt ideas, labels, and expectations without questioning where they came from. Entire belief systems get inherited, repeated, and defended before they’re ever examined. Individuals become brands. Communities become tribes. Opinions become personalities

The more I paid attention to that process, the more I found myself stepping away from it.

  • Artists- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Writers- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Producers- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Samples- Something, idk what it is tho (will edit if I find out)

    Engineering- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • Photographer- Shabazz Stuart

    Illustrations- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Photo Editing- Shabazz Stuart

    Stylist- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • Photographer- Shabazz Stuart

    Illustrations- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Photo Editing-Shabazz Stuart

    Stylist- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • “It ain’t no freeway in life, so buy it with what you really want

    Ain’t gonna get this shit twice, you lucky if you get it once.

    I been smokin out the pound, these big fat gorilla blunts

    Let me show you around the town, show you how we really stunt

    We get six, you really punt

    Tell me where you really from

    Tell me where they know your name

    Do you think they feel the same

    Why you talkin’ about some stain

    You ain’t know you was a lame

    You ain’t him like you proclaim

    Got no fans but claimin fame

    That’s a shame

    I don’t even know them boys like that, but they call me they bro

    I don’t entertain

    I don’t even show these girls no cash, but they still want me to make it rain

    Don’t know how you feel like that, when all you did was drain a vein

    It was fun, so why complain

    But I’m sayin..

    I abstain

    From the bullshit

    From the hood shit

    From the bougie folks, that too good shit.

    From the coulda, woulda, should shit

    Like..

    From the judgment, in the pulpit

    From the wanna-be-understood shit

    I don’t need no reassurance

    Like..

    Got with perseverance

    Ain’t askin’ for no clearance

    I’m floatin, and they fear it

    Like..

    Shook!

    These niggas be scareder than Courage

    They need to go get them some courage

    They livin they whole life discouraged

    Like..

    Get up and go get you a purpose

    Cause livin for money is worthless

    Spirit starving, niggas hurting

    But I’m sayin..

    I abstain

    From the bullshit

    From the hood shit

    From the bougie folks, that too good shit

    From the coulda, woulda, should shit

    Like..

    From the judgment, in the pulpit

    From the wanna-be-understood shit

    I don’t need no reassurance

    Like..

    Got here with perseverance

    Ain’t askin for no clearance

    I’m floatin, and they fear it

    Like..

    I abstain

    I abstain”

  • Instagrams

    Me- https://instagram.com/mynameisgbrl

    Shabazz- https://www.instagram.com/shabazzstuart

8- tWbm

These photos came from my first trip to New York, as I look at them, Dreke comes to mind. (The guy who designed the pants I’m in)

I met bro pretty early in my creative career, and he completely changed the way I looked at clothes. Before him, fashion mostly stopped at colors, silhouettes, and whether I thought something looked hard. Watching him work made me realize how much intention could exist inside a garment.

Cuts.

Fabrics.

Construction.

Thread.

Fit.

How something hangs on your body.

Why one pair of pants feels completely different from another even if they’re almost the same.

He helped train my eye.

A lot of my love for one-of-one pieces, making my own clothes, and treating fashion like another storytelling medium started with conversations around him. He never told me what to like. He just showed me how much deeper it could go.

I think every artist has a few people who permanently change the way they see their craft.

Dreke is one of those people for me.

  • Artists- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Writers- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Producers- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Samples- Something, idk what it is tho (will edit if I find out)

    Engineering- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • Photographer- Shabazz Stuart

    Illustrations- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Photo Editing- Shabazz Stuart

    Stylist- GABETHEGOAT1K, Dreke

  • Photographer- Shabazz Stuart

    Illustrations- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Photo Editing- Shabazz Stuart

    Stylist- GABETHEGOAT1K, Dreke

  • “I abstain

    from the bullshit

    from the hood shit

    from the bougie folks, that too good shit

    From the coulda, woulda, should shit

    From the judgment

    in the pulpit

    From the wanna-be-understood shit

    I don’t need no reassurance

    Got here with perseverance

    It’s me who these niggas fearin

    It’s obstacles that I’m clearin

    It’s your bitch that be cheerin

    get out my lane, these niggas veering

    Too close to me

    Back the fuck back, you too close to me

    Before I made this art, you ain’t notice me

    Now you tellin me who I’m posed to be

    Now I’m tellin you what it’s gon be

    It’s my time

    Ever since I drew that line, whole life on the incline

    Truth be told, this been mine

    Truth be told, the world been mine

    Nigga

    Truth be told, the world been mine

    (Chopped no screw)”

  • Links

    Whenter Religion- https://whenterreligion.com/

    Instagrams

    Me- https://instagram.com/mynameisgbrl

    Dreke- https://www.instagram.com/daddy_fashion

    Shabazz- https://www.instagram.com/shabazzstuart

9- americanARTIST

This song came out of a difficult chapter in New York.

At the time I was living in Jamaica, Queens. Every day felt like a marathon. Q4 to the LIRR. LIRR to the subway. Long commutes. Summer heat. Financial stress. Recovering from a chaotic living situation. Working hard while feeling like I was barely moving forward.

Music became my way of reclaiming my nervous system.

I just started recording music and cooking up something every single day. I was like, if Ima suffer, I’m at least gonna have something to listen to/ wear that can make me happy and uphold my dignity on the day-to-day.

When this song first circulated among friends, some people interpreted it as an attack on white folks, angry, or “hoteppy”… I understood where they were coming from, but that never felt like the heart of the record to me.

What I was wrestling with was power.

Throughout my life, I’ve been around many types of people (lived in 5 cities over 26 years and attended 13 schools over 12 years of schooling). I’ve constantly been moving between worlds. I’ve seen immense wealth, immense poverty, and a lot in between. Everywhere I’ve been, I see ways in which systems are built to serve and to deprive specific groups of people. 

Who gets access?

Who gets heard?

Who gets remembered?

Who gets erased?

  • Artists-  GABETHEGOAT1K

    Writers- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Producers- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Samples- Something, idk what it is tho (will edit if I find out)

    Engineering- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • Photographer- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Illustrations- N/A

    Photo Editing- N/A

    Stylist- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • Photographer- uncredited (photographers request)

    Illustrations- N/A

    Photo Editing- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Stylist- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • “GABETHEGOAT1K

    American artist

    I’m america at its best

    I’m america in the flesh

    I’m america in every way

    I’m just, a product of this

    Everywhere I go I am culture

    I am what sells.

    I’m the shit that be flying off shelves

    I’m the jit

    that make you look at yourself to do better boy

    You gotta excel

    Fuck you waiting for niggas

    Go and do it yourself

    Stack some bread

    Get some head

    Get some knowledge self

    Over time you can heal

    All that shit you went through

    Don’t let them forget you

    Niggas is invincible

    Spinnin round

    On every single opp

    It’s the principle

    Shit is really cyclical

    I got hate in my heart, it really isnt fixable

    I need something biblical

    My thoughts is getting criminal

    This shit right here is pivotal

    Never been forgivable

    I mean

    I never forgave shit

    I’m still mad niggas got thrown off the slave ships

    For insurance payments

    This shit so brazen

    All American

    But I’m sipping on sorrel

    Cause we got the same sorrows

    I need apologies today and reparations tomorrow

    Them crackas tried to take my soul

    They wanna drink my bone marrow

    Like Lee when he got hit with that arrow

    DNA is memories

    I’ll never forget

    Nat Turner probably on your neighbor’s wall

    Your teacher said the South would never fall

    Hate, infatuation

    Shit I could never call

    All the same to me

    They staring at my dick while I’m hangin from a tree

    They made they own heaven in the land of the trees

    They said heaven in the sky

    Gotta die just to see

    That’s a lie we believe

    I’m just out here tryna break my niggas free

    Decolonize your mind

    Rip down these motherfucking blinds

    They been keeping niggas down for a long fucking time

    Niggas truly divine

    Our culture worth more than mines

    Life is good hoe

    I’m more than fine.

    I’m sipping wine in the morning time

    Cause I’m all American

    Cause I’m all American

    I am America

    I am America

    I’m just a product

    I’m just a product.

    I’m just a product

    I’m just

    Im just 

    Im just

    I’m just 

    A product 

    Of everything around

    AR-15

    50 live rounds

    16 years with my head in the clouds

    Wolf and a goats fur

    I’ll blow this bitch down

    Thank God a nigga made it past the first

    Spent 3 days at the park selling shirts

    Summer ’16 every day sipping syrup

    Went back to school, sweating hard

    Stomach hurt

    Too much motion in the ocean

    Now I pray for peaceful times

    I search for peace of mind

    In the time between the grind

    I’m the 13th wonder

    In this world you can’t find

    I control my destiny

    I’m the one you can’t sign

    Cause I’m American

    I’m American.

    All American

    Yeah, I’m America

    Hey, I’m American

    I’m American

    All American

    Yeah

    I’m America

    Boy

    I’m America

    I’m America

    Nigga

    ‘Merica muffucka

    To freedom

    KuhKah”

  • Instagrams

    Me- https://instagram.com/mynameisgbrl

10- Some Days

I can’t decide whether this piece is about the song or the jacket, so it’s about both.

Stevoo’s performance completely changed this record. One of my favorite things about working with bro is the fact that he always overdelivers. He’ll freestyle, stack ideas, experiment, and suddenly I’m left with a pile of great moments to sort through. Producing around that energy feels less like recording and more like assembling a puzzle.

The beat switch is literally cause I was listening to his vocal chop looping and like, “no way I don’t rap over that mf.” Bro, the energy in that vocal gave me life to go super saiyan on the last verse. 

The artwork represents another kind of creation.

The jacket in the photograph was the first piece of clothing I ever made from scratch. Dreke taught me how to use a sewing machine and helped guide me through the process of turning an idea into something tangible. Up until then, most of my fashion experience involved printing artwork onto existing garments. This was me creating something that doesn’t exist on anyone else. I was 10 ft tall when wearing that jacket!

  • Artists- GABETHEGOAT1K, Tristin White, Stevoo

    Writers- GABETHEGOAT1K, Tristin White, Stevoo

    Producers- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Samples- N/A

    Engineering- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • Photographer- Dreke

    Illustrations- N/A

    Photo Editing- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Stylist- GABETHEGOAT1K, Dreke

  • Photographer- Dreke

    Illustrations- N/A

    Photo Editing- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Stylist- GABETHEGOAT1K, Dreke

  • “[Tristin White]

    Some days,

    I don’t feel like pretending

    I’m through with all of this spendin

    Already learned my lessons, my lessons

    Some days,

    I don’t count my blessings

    I look to the sky, and I don’t know why

    I’m not understandin

    Standin..

    [GABETHEGOAT1K]

    I don’t understand why I

    Fucking live like this

    Tryna balance out all my vices

    I’m Tryna go up on my prices

    I’m tryna go up like a firework

    Give ya boy a match, we can spark it, swear I’m blowin up

    When they see me at the top, they gon know what’s up

    When they see me there

    They gon know what’s up

    [Stevoo]

    Aw, fuck

    Fuck

    Aw, keep me fucked up

    All this shit got me pissed off

    I’ma have to take a piss

    Demons in my head

    Oh shit

    Sleeping on the floor made me a man

    Fish scale, project sand

    Poppin all these pills, all up in my..

    [GABETHGOAT1K]

    Some days I be really killing shit

    Some days I don’t

    Some days I be hitting her from the back

    She got a donk

    Some days I be really really putting that shit on

    Okay, I be lying

    Every day I put it on

    Lefluers flowers on my feet

    GOATWRLD fitted on my dome

    I was born on Pluto

    I made planet Earth my home

    It’s your lucky day my girl, you caught me in my zone

    Know you peeped the fit my boy, I made it on my own

    Them boys from Cardia, aint no Commo de Garçon.

    She might be petite, but that bih thicker than some foams

    My soul shining like some chrome

    Loyal like a dog, if you just throw ya boy a bone

    Once I get my shot it ain’t no tellin’ what I’m on

    Catch me in my castle with my people on the throne

    And studios worldwide owned

    GOATWRLD Fighters playing on my phone.

    New IPs comin’ out my dome

    Artists everywhere calling GOATHOUSE home

    What is GOATHOUSE on

    GOATHOUSE go

    Artists everywhere calling GOATHOUSE hom

    What is GOATHOUSE on

    GOATHOUSE go

    Artists everywhere callin GOATHOUSE home”

  • Links

    Whenter Religion- https://whenterreligion.com/

    Instagrams

    Me- https://instagram.com/mynameisgbrl

    Dreke- https://www.instagram.com/daddy_fashion

    Stevoo- https://www.instagram.com/1k.stevoo

11- KOWBOY

New York changed my standards.

After spending time there, I saw a version of life that made way more sense to me. More people outside. More opportunities. More spontaneity. Every day felt like it had the potential to be the best day ever if I just left the house.

When I got back to Atlanta, I couldn’t shake the feeling that I wasn’t getting everything I could out of my life. I wanted a better day-to-day existence for myself.

I was frustrated because I realized the moments of disconnection weren’t all in my head. Conversations had lower ceilings. My routines felt bland and repetitive. Even the places I used to love didn’t hit the same.

I wasn’t trying to escape Atlanta as much as I was trying to move toward myself.

(Also, Wolf got played front to back at least three times a week from ages 12–14. Tyler really helped shape how I think about making art. I almost deleted this because I was like, “get off bro nuts Gabe, jeez” …Then I looked at the artwork and realized I’m literally wearing GOLF shoes. So… nevermind. Shoutout Tyler.)

  • Artists- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Writers- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Producers- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Samples- Cowboy: Tyler the Creator

    Engineering- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • Photographer- Dreke

    Illustrations- N/A

    Photo Editing- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Stylist- GABETHEGOAT1K, Dreke

  • Photographer- Dreke

    Illustrations- N/A

    Photo Editing- GABETHEGOAT1K (sampled Wolf cover)

    Stylist- GABETHEGOAT1K, Dreke

  • “Yesterday..

    Yesterday..

    Yesterday I took a long walk in the woods just so I could find some peace

    You can’t buy joy, it’s just a lease

    You make some more, then the price increase

    I make some dough, then I fly to Greece

    Get tired of there, now I fly to Nice

    I see a life for myself that I ain’t gotta drive to everything I want

    I’d rather take a long walk

    I hate these big streets with small sidewalks

    This shit smell like a dump

    I hate these cities where we on an island

    We don’t never really talk

    Unless I know you, or unless I need you.

    Interaction’s fake unless you’re with your people

    Antisocial shit should really be illegal

    How you supposed to grow if you don’t fuck with people?

    How the fuck am I supposed to feel

    When I look around shit is barely real

    Got us looking in a bottle for a will

    Just live another day and pay some bills

    But fuck it

    I am the cowboy pavin this road

    Fuck yall maps, I follow my soul

    Lead this ship, I’m playin’ my role.

    Got my goals

    GOATWRLD shit been taking the globe

    Line it up city by city

    Achievin’ my goals like knockin down dominoes

    Can’t get away anywhere y’all go

    This cowboy shit ain’t for everyone, my boy

    This shit get lonely

    Scary knowin I’m the only

    One on my path

    If I had a genie I would wish that they could clone me

    Only two folks really know me

    Can’t show too much, they gon hoe me

    Or lose faith

    Sometimes this world can be a cruel place

    Everybody care and the safe

    Until you speak up, then it’s too late

    They gon run away and think you prey

    Like I ain’t hunt and get a full plate

    A full steak

    I caught my food, so I ate it all

    They aint pick it up when a nigga call.

    I remember all

    On God

    But fuck it

    I am a cowboy paving this road

    Fuck yall maps, I follow my soul

    Lead this ship, I’m playing my role

    Got my goals

    GOATWRLD shit been taking the globe

    Line it up city by city

    Achieving my goals like knocking down dominoes

    Can’t get away

    Anywhere y’all go”

  • Links

    Whenter Religion- https://whenterreligion.com/

    Instagrams

    Me- https://instagram.com/mynameisgbrl

    Dreke- https://www.instagram.com/daddy_fashion

12- GOATWRLD/ FANFO

I’ve been drawing characters for as long as I can remember.

Teachers used to be on my bumper for sketching in class. Years later, that same practice helped me avoid burnout as a musician. Whenever I felt creatively boxed in, I could step into another medium and continue building. What started as random characters eventually became stories, worlds, histories, cultures, and entire ecosystems.

That process became GOATWRLD.

  • Artists- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Writers- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Producers- GABETHEGOAT1K, Yaktavis, Marcellotrill, Nolo

    Samples- N/A

    Engineering- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • Photographer- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Illustrations- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Photo Editing- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Stylist- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • Photographer- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Illustrations- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Photo Editing-GABETHEGOAT1K

    Stylist- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • “I’m just here to push this GOATWRLD shit

    This ain’t Adult Swim, this is GOATWRLD bitch

    GOATBOY on the beat

    this a GOATWRLD mix.

    This shit ain’t for kids

    Ain’t no GOATWRLD Trix

    All these bunnies in the crib, on some Playboy shit

    Not a Migo, but I’m from the Nawfside wit it

    Got that GOATWRLD on, I’m finna slide in it

    Say she like my GOATWRLD, I’m finna slide in it

    I’m boutta to glide in it

    Better yet, I’m boutta to fly in it.

    Like a bloody bull, I’m way too fly for this

    Got my wings, so you know I’m finna pilot it

    Grab the wheel, I’m the only one guidin it

    I’m a young wavy god

    like Poseiden, bitch

    Diss GOATWRLD,

    I’ll hit you with a trident, bitch

    No GOATWRLD?

    Nigga, that’s triflin

    Hope you get it right, then you’ll, be dialed in

    GOATWRLD got the whole squad smilin

    GOATWRLD got these racks up pilin

    GOATWRLD on the move, you idlin

    Get some GOATWRLD, you need some excitement

    Ain’t no timeouts

    Fuck around and find out

    Told them boys to ride out

    Aint nowhere to where to hide out

    GOATWRLD take the whole globe, and the minds of

    Everyone that see’s, hear, smell

    Keep an eye out

    Fuck around and find out.

    Huh

    Fuck around and find out.

    Huh

    Fuck around and find out.

    Huh

    Fuck around and find out.

    Huh

    Fuck around, and find out

    Fuck around, and find out.

    Fuck around, and find out.

    Fuck around, and find out.

    Fuck around, come find out

    Fuck around, come find out

    Fuck around, come find out

    Fuck around, come find out

    You wanna get in with me?

    GOATWRLD out your whole world

    GOATWRLD on her bra and panties

    Damn, she such a good girl

    GOATWRLD on the TV

    You can catch it streaming

    GOATWRLD action figures

    GOATWRLD cosplay

    You can see me

    GOATWRLD theme park, with a racetrack

    GOATWRLD roller coaster

    GOATWRLD Fighters, you ain’t played that??

    GOATWRLD on my grill, I had them make that

    GOATWRLD on my chain, you would think I brought the slaves back

    Damn it’s really crazy when you think about it way back

    My folks could’ve jumped up off the boat and never came back

    Generations later still no acres

    Time for payback

    I really mean it

    I need every penny, nigga say that

    On God”

  • Instagrams

    Me- https://instagram.com/mynameisgbrl

    Marcello- https://www.instagram.com/marcellotrill

    Yaktavis- https://www.instagram.com/yaktavis03

13- Shrooms

For a period in 2023, I spent a lot of time exploring psilocybin.

This isn’t an endorsement or a recommendation. It’s simply part of the story behind the music. I’m just a dude who makes art.

The best way I can describe those experiences is that they seemed to reduce the volume of my everyday thoughts while increasing my awareness of everything happening beneath them. Emotions, sensations, fears, joys, insecurities, and moments of gratitude all felt impossible to ignore. Whether that was spiritual, neurological, psychological, or some combination of the three is a question I’ll leave to people smarter than me.

To put it simply, it feels like your conscious earth brain takes a back seat, and your spirit is in the driver’s seat.

It throws you into the current moment, and you feel all those sensations you typically brush off. I feel like the reflections I’ve had in this state of mind have brought me closer to who I really am. 

I don’t do them much nowadays, but that’s cause I work in production and I don’t have time between my 12+ hour days to be in that state of mind. Ya boy got more responsibilities and such.

This song isn’t really about mushrooms tho.

It’s about connection. 

  • Artists- GABETHEGOAT1K, Bigg Kidd

    Writers- GABETHEGOAT1K, Bigg Kidd

    Producers- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Samples- N/A

    Engineering- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • Photographer- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Illustrations- N/A

    Photo Editing- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Stylist- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • Photographer- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Illustrations- N/A

    Photo Editing- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Stylist- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • “[GABETHEGOAT1K]

    Girl you got my stomach quakin

    My

    Yeah my heart is racing for you

    It’s like I’m on shrooms

    All this waitin

    Anticipatin, I

    Girl you elevating my mood

    It’s like we on shrooms

    Shroom, shroom, shrooms

    Flyin’ to the moon, moon, moon

    Tryna get to you, you, you, you, you

    Mm, Mm, Mm, Mm, Mm

    [Bigg Kidd]

    Our connection feels so energetic

    This sex is epic

    Feels like we’re on psychedelics

    It’s cosmic, not just cosmetic

    It’s electric

    It’s angelic

    I met God and I saw heaven

    And I suddenly got resurrected

    So many mixed messages from exes

    I’m getting dyslexic, but you’re 

    Easy for me to read

    It’s refreshing

    Never synthetic

    Only sincere

    Hope we synchronize soon

    Cause when I’m in your atmosphere, I swear it’s

    Like I’m on

    [GABETHEGOAT1K]

    Shroom, shroom, shrooms

    Flying to the moon, moon, moon

    Tryna get to you, you, you, you, you

    Mm, Mm, Mm, Mm, Mm”

  • Links

    Bigg Kidd TT- https://www.tiktok.com/@rappingwithmrjackson

    Instagrams

    Me- https://instagram.com/mynameisgbrl

    Bigg Kidd- https://www.instagram.com/biggkiddmusic

14- Love What You Got

This piece was created around the time I first began seriously experimenting with sampling.

For years, I carried around a very rigid idea of what a “real producer” was supposed to be. The first studio I interned at out of high school was an afrobeats studio. All the engineers were also producers and they all played everything on keys, then some of them even played other instruments as well. I had spent so much time around talented instrumentalists that I convinced myself every melody, chord progression, and musical idea had to originate entirely from me. If it didn’t, somehow it counted less.

As a result, I spent a long time making music under unnecessary restrictions.

I was also overly concerned with ownership, royalties, and technicalities long before those concerns were relevant to my actual life. Looking back, it’s funny how often artists worry about protecting opportunities they haven’t even reached yet.

Sampling helped break that mindset.

Instead of only listening to music as a fan or a creator, I began listening as a collector. A single drum fill, vocal phrase, melody, texture, or rhythm could become the starting point for an entirely new idea. The process made me more curious, more open-minded, and ultimately more creative.

  • Artists- N/A

    Writers- N/A

    Producers- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Samples- Life We Live: Project Pat

    Engineering- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • Photographer- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Illustrations- N/A

    Photo Editing- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Stylist- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • Photographer- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Illustrations- N/A

    Photo Editing- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Stylist- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • N/A

  • Instagrams

    Me- https://instagram.com/mynameisgbrl

15- SUM4U

I’ve always been fascinated by the discovery that comes with intimacy.

Not just learning another person, but discovering parts of yourself that only seem to appear in relation to someone else. Certain conversations, experiences, emotions, and memories simply don’t exist in isolation.

For me, that’s always been one of the most rewarding aspects of human connection.

Curiosity is the lifeforce of connection. What happens when two people genuinely explore each other’s worlds? What new ideas, experiences, and perspectives emerge from that exchange?

Chemistry is exciting.

Expanding each other’s worlds is where things get interesting!

  • Artists- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Writers- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Producers- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Samples- Life We Live: Project Pat

    Engineering- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • Photographer- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Illustrations- N/A

    Photo Editing- N/A

    Stylist- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • Photographer- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Illustrations- N/A

    Photo Editing- N/A

    Stylist- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • “I ain’t tryna push your bedtime

    I got somethin for your downtime

    I got somethin for them brown eyes

    Draw the line

    Don’t never switch sides

    I got somethin for them late nights

    I got somethin for that

    yeah

    I got somethin for them thick thighs

    I got somethin for them bad vibes

    I got somethin for ya

    I got somethin for you

    I got somethin for you

    I got somethin for you

    I got somethin for you

    And I just hope that you keep it

    Yeah, I do what I wanna

    We can make it so easy

    We can make it too

    We can make it too easy

    If I made you a member

    Would you show up to meetings

    Would you study the teachings

    We can be higher beings

    We can make it too

    We can make it too easy”

  • Instagrams

    Me- https://instagram.com/mynameisgbrl

16- Atlanis

These photographs were taken during the period when I sold my first clothing collection.

The shorts featured in the images were part of that release, and looking back, I can see how many different creative interests were beginning to collide at once. Music, fashion, photography, design, storytelling, and performance all began to feel less like separate disciplines and more like different expressions from the same source.

What stands out most to me now isn’t the clothing itself.

It’s the presentation.

Looking back, I was in an interesting era artistically. I was otherworldly in my delivery, like look at the poop, the stick up, bro this is cinema!

  • Artists- Tristin White, kalahantrill

    Writers- Tristin White, kalahantrill

    Producers- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Samples- N/A

    Engineering- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • Photographer- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Illustrations- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Photo Editing- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Stylist- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • Photographer- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Illustrations- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Photo Editing- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Stylist- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • “[Tristan White]

    Oh-oh

    Oh-oh

    Yeah

    Hey, we out of time

    She just tryna ride

    Lil shawty wanna ride

    Heard you from Atlanta

    Body right

    That pussy right

    She gettin that bread from scammers

    And I was just in Miami

    Told me pull up to the Westin

    Want me to sign her panties

    Come through like, okay

    Put that pussy on my face

    I make you wetter

    She like stilettos

    I make you wetter

    She like stilettos

    I make you wet

    I make you wet

    I pay for whatever

    You can get whatever”

  • Instagrams

    Me- https://instagram.com/mynameisgbrl

    kalahantrill- https://www.instagram.com/kalahantrill

17- 2am on i20

These photographs were taken during the same period as my first clothing release. The blue and cream shirts featured in the images were part of that collection, along with a set of sticker packs.

What makes these photographs special to me has very little to do with the clothing.

They were taken in Knoxville, Tennessee, where I lived before moving to Atlanta in middle school. The tag image was captured in front of this rec center at this golf course that played a significant role in my childhood. I love that a place that was so foundational to my childhood (I played golf from age 5 to age 12) is now cemented in my art.

Looking at them now, I realize these weren’t particularly effective advertisements.

They were something more important.

They allowed me to revisit a place that helped shape me and reinterpret it through the lens of the person I had become.

I’ve always believed that the strongest art emerges when you use your entire life as material. Your memories, relationships, interests, body, thoughts, and experiences are all tools of storytelling.

  • Artists- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Writers- GABETHEGOAT1K, Stevoo

    Producers- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Samples- N/A

    Engineering- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • Photographer- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Illustrations- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Photo Editing- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Stylist- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • Photographer- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Illustrations- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Photo Editing- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Stylist- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • “Quarter to 2am and I’m out here

    Getting you out my head

    Quarter to 2 a.m i’m still out here

    Wanting you in my bed

    I’ve been on a low

    I don’t wanna stay too long

    I just wanna take you home

    Oh

    Oh

    I don’t wanna make two wrongs

    I don’t wanna think too long

    Oh

    Oh

    Quarter to two

    Rolling with you

    Smoking with you

    Yeah

    Joking with you

    I 

    Know what to do

    To get over you

    Ima need two more

    I need a few more

    Whoa

    You did what you did

    And you thought that I wouldnt know.

    I did what I did

    You tried to play me like a hoe

    This that type of shit

    That really change a nigga’s soul

    Guess the lesson is

    If it glitter, it ain’t gold

    I’ve been on go since you’ve been gone

    I’ve been out here on my own

    Fucking hoes, feeling alone

    Empty bottles

    Empty fucking

    Empty feeling

    Empty bong

    Empty clips on all these niggas

    if they comin’ at me wrong”

  • Instagrams

    Me- https://instagram.com/mynameisgbrl

    Stevoo- https://www.instagram.com/1k.stevoo

18- OOT

For a long time, I never really thought of myself as “alternative.” Mostly because I wasn’t entirely sure what the word meant. Looking back, though, I’ve always been drawn toward things that sat slightly outside the center.

Different music.

Different clothes.

Different ideas.

Different ways of living.

One of the greatest gifts my mother gave me was permission to be myself. She constantly reminded me that being different wasn’t something that needed to be corrected. If people thought it was weird, so be it.

That lesson ended up shaping almost everything I create.

The funny thing is that many of the qualities that make people stand out as children are the very qualities people admire as adults.

The weird kid-to-cool-adult pipeline is real.

Trust the process.

  • Artists- GABETHEGOAT1K, Tristin White

    Writers- GABETHEGOAT1K, Tristin White

    Producers- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Samples- N/A

    Engineering- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • Photographer- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Illustrations- N/A

    Photo Editing- N/A

    Stylist- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • Photographer- Dreke

    Illustrations- N/A

    Photo Editing- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Stylist- Dreke

  • “[GABETHEGOAT1K]

    I ain’t into arguing, but fuck it

    I got time today

    Girl you been on 9 today

    You messed up my mind today

    Stopped what I was doing just to listen to you whine today

    Don’t like me when you dance around the subject

    like you whinning babe.

    Damn I miss the days when you was cool with just some wine and paint

    Cool with just my company

    Now you want this stuff from me

    Stuff that I ain’t offering

    Left you in my garden and you still ain’t never water shit

    Now I’m like, okay

    You can’t be my bae, think we out of time today

    We’re out of time today

    Yea we outta time today

    Ain’t much else to say

    You can’t be my bae

    You can’t be my main

    But if you ever need some dick, I’m two missed calls away

    I got a show tonight, I hope to see you from the stage

    Maybe after this you and i can have our last exchange then go our separate ways

    [Tristan White]

    And I’ll come through like, okay

    Swerving, switching lanes

    Put that pussy on my face

    Pussy on my, face

    [GABETHEGOAT1K]

    Then I gotta leave your place

    You won’t have me in a daze

    I still got these dreams to chase…

    [GABETHEGOAT1K]

    Told you when I leave that I’m for real this time

    I don’t want another hoe, I’m on my grind.

    You already know that you’re still on my mind

    Yeah, I’m gonna miss you

    But we’re out of time

    Told you when I leave that I’m for real this time

    I don’t want another hoe, I’m on my grind

    You already know that you’re still on my mind

    Yeah, I’m gonna miss you

    But we’re out of time”

  • Links

    Whenter Religion- https://whenterreligion.com/

    Instagrams

    Me- https://instagram.com/mynameisgbrl

    Dreke- https://www.instagram.com/daddy_fashion

19- Outside

I was 19 years old when both of these photographs were taken.

When I look at these photos, I see a wee lad, a pup, the boy had an ocean behind the ears. My eyes were so wide man. When I got out of high school, I went for a year and a half making beats every single day. And when I say every day, I mean every single day. Wasn’t shit keeping me away from my computer. I was a musty musty man, socialization was on zero.

My fam would come for the holidays and only see me when we were eating. The way they’d know I was home is because they’d hear the beats when walking past the door to my room.

I spent countless hours making beats, working at my internship, sitting in studios, studying music (YouTube University), and returning home to do it all over again.

And I’d do it all again!

  • Artists- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Writers- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Producers- GABETHEGOAT1K, Marcello Trill, Nolo

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    Engineering- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • Photographer- Uptown

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    Photo Editing- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Stylist- GABETHEGOAT1K

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    Photo Editing- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Stylist- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • “Yeah

    Yeah

    I’m back outside

    Yeah

    I’m back outside

    Yeah

    Yeah

    I’m back outside

    Yeah

    I’m back outside

    I’m back in these streets like 

    A hoe you tried to wife

    I’m back in the streets like 

    The wheels on a bike

    I’m back in these streets like 

    A cone on a site

    I’m back in the streets like 

    A pole with a light

    I’m back in the streets like 

    Some salt and some ice

    I’m back in the streets like 

    Some feet in some Nikes

    I’m back in the streets like 

    12 with some stripes

    I’m back in the streets like 

    A thief in the night

    I’m back in the streets like 

    A kid that hate they life

    I’m back in the streets like 

    I hate my fucking wife

    I’m back in the streets like 

    I’m looking for my ride

    I’m back in the streets cause I don’t wanna go inside

    I’m back outside ho

    I’m back outside

    Back outside

    Back outside ho

    Ooh

    Back outside ho

    Back outside

    Back outside

    Back outside ho

    Ooh

    Back outside ho

    Back outside

    Back outside

    Back outside ho

    Ooh

    Back outside ho

    Back outside

    Back outside

    Back outside ho

    Ooh

    I’m back in these streets

    Back in these streets

    Back in these streets

    Back in these streets ho

    Ooh

    I’m back in these streets ho

    Back in these streets

    Back in these streets

    Back in these streets ho

    Ooh

    Back in these streets

    Back in these

    Back in these

    I’m back in the streets ho

    Ooh

    I’m back in the streets ho

    I’m back in the streets

    I’m Back in these

    I’m Back in the streets”

  • Instagrams

    Me- https://instagram.com/mynameisgbrl

    Marcello- https://www.instagram.com/marcellotrill

20- Divine Intervention

This song captures a philosophy that has quietly guided much of my life.

For a long time, I thought success was primarily about effort. Work harder. Learn more. Stay disciplined. Keep pushing.

As I’ve gotten older, I’ve realized effort is only part of the equation.

Many of the biggest changes in my life happened because I followed a feeling before I could fully explain it. Moving cities. Starting projects. Ending relationships. Taking risks. Building worlds. Choosing a creative path that didn’t always make sense on paper.

In hindsight, I can see how many of those decisions were connected.

Not because life was perfectly planned, but because I kept moving toward things that felt aligned.

This song was made during a period when I was beginning to trust that process more deeply.

  • Artists- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Writers- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Producers- GABETHEGOAT1K

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    Engineering- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • Photographer- Uptown

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    Photo Editing- GABETHEGOAT1K

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  • Photographer- Dreke

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    Photo Editing- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Stylist- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • “I’m taking my time

    Cause I know this shit divine

    It look like I’m flying

    I ain’t even in my prime

    All this shit divine timing

    Saw it in my mind

    It come from inside

    Can’t nobody match this vibe

    Not coincidental

    It affects the mental

    Lead with intention

    Ain’t shit accidental

    Shit is detrimental

    Shit is elemental

    The growth is incremental

    My life experimental

    I made the instrumental

    I killed the instrumental

    Score and assist

    Like I’m shooting in akimbo

    All this shit essential

    I’m transcontinental

    Very influential

    I’m Always in my element

    I’m an elemental

    You lyin’ through your dental

    If I ain’t the fundamental

    Art in its purest form

    Growth exponential

    Catch me in Japan

    But I’m not an oriental

    I could have a billion dollars

    Still won’t get a Benz tho

    Rather have a small truck

    Fit it up with big chrome

    Might just lift that bitch up

    Ask me what it’s sittin on

    I don’t wear Balenciaga

    I still got that shit on

    Won’t see me in Gucci

    Won’t see me in Vlone

    Won’t see me in Dior

    I don’t want no Rick Owens

    Look at me, now look at you

    Little bitch, I got that shit on

    And a nigga smell nice

    And a nigga skin glow

    You know that this vibe’s only mine

    Got that shit goin

    You know this vibe’s only mine

    You know this vibe is only mine

    Hell yeah, I got that shit goin

    Did I forget to mention

    I did it with intention

    I trust my intuition

    Now I’m living out my vision

    Yeah, I made a decision.

    And I was right

    Look at my life

    My future bright

    Right now it’s bright

    Yeah, I’m the light

    Yeah”

  • Links

    Whenter Religion- https://whenterreligion.com/

    Instagrams

    Me- https://instagram.com/mynameisgbrl

    Dreke- https://www.instagram.com/daddy_fashion

21- 95 Percent

I wrote this right after buying my one-way ticket to JFK.

I remember pacing around the studio mumbling, “I’m going 95%.”

I don’t even know why 95. It just felt real

I didn’t feel ready, but I also felt like waiting wasn’t gonna make me more ready.

I think that’s one of the healthiest realizations I’ve had. You don’t have to feel completely ready before your life changes. Sometimes you just have to commit enough that there’s no turning back.

  • Artists- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Writers- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Producers- GABETHEGOAT1K

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    Engineering- GABETHEGOAT1K

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    Stylist- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • Photographer- My Mom

    Illustrations- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Photo Editing- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Stylist- My Mom

  • “I was on I-20, I-285.

    Now I’m on 278, I-95.

    Buckle up

    Yeah, I took the long ride

    But now it’s time, yeah

    Yeah

    I’m going 95%

    Might not sound like much, but it’s more than I done did

    Yeah

    I admit

    I did so much shit

    But I turned that shit around

    I still don’t know if it’s legit

    And I know 

    This life can be a bitch

    But really it’s the shit

    A nigga could’ve died a few times

    But they missed

    I was dead broke, thought I had it go enlist

    Rather serve a sack before a massuh with a pen

    Duppy with a paper waiting for me with a grin

    But I wouldnt and bend

    They don’t understand

    That I overstand all of the ways they got my kin

    Find a ballerina if you out here tryna spin

    You is not a friend

    Must I say again

    I know many men

    Hope that I don’t win

    But hatred is a sin

    And them boys say amen

    They need to find some zen

    Yeah, I’m going 95%

    Yeah.

    I’m going 95%

    Yeah.

    I’m going 95%

    Yea

    They don’t want me to expand

    Yeah

    I’m going 95%

    Might not sound like much, but it’s more than I done did

    Yeah

    I’m going 95%

    Yeah

    I’m going 95%

    Yeah

    I’m going out my mind

    Out my mind

    I’m going 95

    I’m going out my mind

    I’m going 95

    I’m going out my mind

    Out my mind

    Out my mind

    I’m going out my mind

    I’m going 95

    Fuck being polite

    I got some shit up on my mind

    Fuck taking my time

    It’s either never or tonight

    Fuck all them niggas

    That be eyeing from the side

    Fuck all them folks

    That think they fucking with my vibe

    Don’t be fucking with my time

    Fucking with my vision

    Don’t you fuck with one of mine

    Never been a snake, but if you play

    You can get slimed

    Never went all out

    Young nigga still aint touch my prime

    Talk to me right

    Fuck being nice

    I told em talk to me right

    Don’t tell a lie

    Don’t be that guy

    These fuck niggas cappin for some hoes

    That ain’t right

    These fuck niggas dressing like some bums

    Fuck a price

    Nah that shit ain’t right

    These fuck niggas losers

    Told them don’t believe the hype

    Real young nigga

    Superficial ain’t my type

    Convo hit the ceiling, so you only get one night

    Thankful in this bitch

    Yeah, life’s a bitch, but I’m so thankful in this bitch

    I go so hard, might twist the ankle in this bitch

    I go so hard, I’m switching angles in this bitch

    Entangled with this bitch

    Thankful in this bitch

    Yeah, life’s a bitch, but I’m so thankful in this bitch

    I go so hard, might break a ankle in this bitch

    Might win a medal like Kurt Angle in this bitch

    I’m thankful in this bitch”

  • Instagrams

    Me- https://instagram.com/mynameisgbrl

22- ISWIS

I made this beat during a road trip to Charlotte to visit my auntie!

When I played it for her, she said it sounded like a soundtrack for a slasher film.

I loved that cause I love horror films so much!!! The monsters, the sounds, the suspense, ah so good! (I’ve always loved monsters because they’re usually metaphors wearing makeup and a costume.)

A lot of my music pulls from bright, hopeful, or introspective places, but I’ve always had an appreciation for darker aesthetics too. Horror creates a space where fear, tension, chaos, and imagination can all coexist.

Sometimes you just want to make something that sounds like the villain won.

  • Artists- GABETHEGOAT1K, Stevoo

    Writers- GABETHEGOAT1K, Stevoo

    Producers- GABETHEGOAT1K

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    Engineering- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • Photographer- GABETHEGOAT1K

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    Photo Editing- GABETHEGOAT1K

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  • Photographer- Someone from high school, I truly couldn’t tell you

    Illustrations- N/A

    Photo Editing- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Stylist- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • “[GABETHEGOAT1K]

    I said what the fuck I said

    I said what the fuck I said

    I said what the fuck I said

    I said what I said and I meant it

    Like fuck it, I’m standing to business

    I said what I said and I mean it

    Fuck you, from the start to the finish

    I said what I said

    Giva a fuck how it look in a screenshot

    I said what I said

    Nigga fuck you, get hit with a green dot

    I said what I said

    And I did what I did

    The ball in your court

    Ima dunk on your head, nigga

    I’m like one step away from going EBK

    I’m not going for none of that shit today

    You got me fucked up, 

    Man, fuck up out my face

    Before I lose it

    Really turn up this whole place

    You got me fucked up

    Nah really this the day

    I let it out and stop pretending like I’m sane

    Really beat him like a boy till he behave

    Why I’m playing nice these niggas wanna play?

    [Stevoo]

    Shot

    Chop

    Demons, on my block

    Let’s settle the score

    Put them to the floor

    Got a machete

    Chop

    Want some more

    The fuck is that stench

    Dead meat

    Ha, rotten meat

    Spoiled meat

    Running up the gore

    Settle all the score

    Ready for war

    Strapped up for more”

  • Instagrams

    Me- https://instagram.com/mynameisgbrl

    Stevoo- https://www.instagram.com/1k.stevoo

23- SFTS

This was one of the first songs recorded for The Fool’s Journey. 

Made it right when I got back to Atlanta. I wasn’t fully moved into the new spot, but I had my equipment there, so I was just cooking up on the floor. My roommate would give me some blankets, so I wasn’t just directly on the ground. 

I pulled up this beat I made with Tilde and got really sentimental thinking about how much life I lived in the 8 months leading up to that. 

Up until this point, I was making songs. After this record, I realized I was making an album.

At its core, The Fool’s Journey is a story about growth. This song feels like an early draft of that idea.

Poured my heart out in this one, in the flyest way possible.

  • Artists- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Writers- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Producers- GABETHEGOAT1K, Tilde

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    Engineering- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • Photographer- GABETHEGOAT1K

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    Stylist- GABETHEGOAT1K, Ari

  • Photographer- GABETHEGOAT1K

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  • “It’s in my soul to rock this gold

    I bet they fold

    We gon uphold

    When I pull up

    I bet they know

    My life is fast

    But these days slow

    A young big dog

    A cane corso

    I’m here to grow

    I hope you know

    You got a soul 

    In that torso

    Do what you can to 

    Keep it yours

    Young GOATTHEGABE

    Live from the A

    All on onlyfans going live with your bae

    Wanted new sights 

    Now I’m live from the Bay

    Nigga caught the sun 

    Now I’m live from the rays

    They Ain’t see the vision till I shine in they face

    Don’t say much

    Just remind him his place

    Can’t see me boy

    Be mindful of pace

    Way back when

    I would cry for embrace

    Took a few L’s but I still had grace

    Dont mean much if you really a ace

    While you in my space

    Ima make it simple

    Sorry for the weight

    Let me get sentimental

    War inside me

    But I’ve been moving gentle

    Still got some dogs

    Locked up in the kennel

    DM’s from a cell

    It be weighing on my mental

    Pour another cup

    Make another instrumental”

  • Links

    Tilde- http://Tildexist.com

    Instagrams

    Me- https://instagram.com/mynameisgbrl

24- Wasted

I was going through the crucible when I made this song.

My living situation was unstable. My work situation was unstable. A lot of the artistic momentum I had spent years building felt like it had suddenly stalled. Every day felt heavy.

I’d deadass get the same $10 goat biryani from bro that stayed posted at the Crown Heights- Utica stop. He was the only thing open after my night shifts, and also the only thing I could afford. I’d get that and fruit throughout the day to nourish myself.

At the time, I was working at both a bar and a dispensary while occasionally DJing. (funny how many environments I found myself in that revolved around altered states. 

This period taught me that there is a difference between numbing yourself and finding relief.

Music became that relief for me. (I will say, though art is like therapy for me, creating things is not real therapy. Talking to someone is always better. Be careful not to say, “This activity I like is therapeutic, therefore I don’t need therapy,” cause I can assure you that’s cap)

DJing especially helped reignite a spark I thought I was losing. It gave me a reason to be excited again. It got me moving. It got me creating. It reminded me that joy was still available, even when life felt overwhelming.

This song is me deciding to dance through the storm.

  • Artists- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Writers- GABETHEGOAT1K

    Producers- GABETHEGOAT1K

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    Engineering- GABETHEGOAT1K

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  • Photographer- Bodegapartyy

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    Stylist- GABETHEGOAT1K

  • “We be at the bar getting wasted

    We be in the car getting faded

    She naked, she be so persuesive 

    Floated off this Earth, I upgraded

    Wasted

    We wasted

    We wasted

    We wasted

    Too jaded

    Now I’m getting faded

    Let’s make it X-rated

    Wasted

    wasted

    We wasted

    We wasted

    We wasted

    We wasted

    We wasted

    We wasted

    We wasted

    We wasted

    We wasted

    We wasted

    We wasted

    We wasted

    We wasted

    We wasted

    We wasted

    We wasted

    We wasted

    We wasted

    We wasted

    We wasted

    We wasted

    We wasted

    We wasted

    We wasted

    We wasted

    We wasted 

    We wasted

    We wasted

    We wasted

    I’ve been levi-levitating

    Don’t care if you taken

    That ass make me awaken

    It’s shaking

    I get behind it, wine it like Jamaican

    Don’t leave me forsaken

    You know I’m partaking

    You can be my tutor

    Give me education

    Save the information

    We can have a situation

    It’s a 

    Invitation

    Good communication

    It’s a celebration

    We love intoxication

    Yeah

    Wasted

    Wasted

    Wasted

    Wasted

    Wasted

    Wasted

    Wasted

    Wasted

    Wasted

    Wasted

    Wasted

    Wasted”

  • Instagrams

    Me- https://instagram.com/mynameisgbrl