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Metamorphosis: The Evolution of Arsena

by ARSENA

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  • This past spring, we raised close to $10K of the $15K funds needed to make my third full-length album, “Metamorphosis: The Evolution of Arsena” a reality. During the album crowdfund campaign, this was a special request! A Metamorphosis Sticker Design! If you'd like to add to your sticker collection and support the upcoming album, this is for you! Virtual Hug included :)

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  • I'm elated to be offering beginner guitar workshops for adults this fall. Need a guitar? Support the album by purchasing an autographed Yamaha Acoustic Guitar.
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My eyes my mind Yeah they're changing everyday, everyday Everytime I turn around Old things are never the same, never the same (yeah) And I think I got my head in a bunch Tryna put things in a box But something's missing (mm) Wont be going without Gotta be more than this (there's) Gotta be more than this Gotta be more than this, this, this, this, this There's got to be more than this Gotta be more than this Oh *scat* My superpowers Yeah I'm honing them everyday, everyday Everytime Im feeling low You got to get off my energy (aye) And I think I got my head in a bunch Tryna give it all away wooo wooo woo But something's missing I'm finally awake Chorus I get to decide, decide Who I want to be And there's new life, All Ive got to do And at the end of the day Oh I'm holding on, I'm holding on I feel it in my bones That there's got to be Chorus
3.
I didn't realize That this is where we'd end up I was hypnotized All along, you really didn't give a f**k So throw the rules out the window Let the chips fall where they do Cause i know either way I'ma be good with or without you With or without you With or without you Cause I know I've been true So i'ma make it with or without you Don't get your panties in a bunch Cause i know how your kind do Always in your feelings But can't nobody else feel them but you Tell me how is that fair When I've been rockin' rockin' yeah With you for all these years And no it's time to live With or without you With or without you Cause I know I've been true So i'ma make it with or without you I been sitting here thinking Bout how I'm good I'm okay I been sitting here thinking Boy how you let me get away? Oh yeah I've been sitting here thinking All the things I didn't know But ignorance is bliss and it's the main ingredient That was keeping me from letting go With or without you With or without you Cause I know I've been true So I'ma make it with or without you
4.
Grieve 02:58
I may grieve I may grieve Every time that I'm reminded I was loyal and committed When you were double-minded Confused, it was you Peace of mind never provided Now you grieve, yeah you grieve Every time you see my thriving I may grieve I gotta new man You see, he swept me up Right away And I'm thankful cause Without you I wouldn't be ready All the fear and the anxiety Trying to conceive Ain't it funny that my body Knew how to protect me I may grieve See I can improve In the areas I lacked But you can never ever Get the wife of your youth back So while I must learn to love And trust again Just know I let it go Because forgiveness is a gift Yeah, I may grieve And that's the last thing you'll get I may grieve You wont stunt my growth again Grieve
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Like A Dream 04:30
From the day we first met Yeah I knew we had chemistry I wasn't looking for no one But I'm glad that you found me Cause it takes a special guy To let me do my own thing But you love me right And you got a girl glowing See I could never write love songs This is a first And I get lost in day dreams But I know this works You see me and see you It's everything I prayed for It feels like a dream Everyday that I'm with you And you are on my mind In everything I do And you don't have to worry My love for you is true You are the one I want to give My whole heart to And it kind of trips me out Cause I didn't think I'd trust again But I'm grateful that you're here And I'm thankful for your patience I'ma make it worth your time Cause I know you're worth it You're everything I prayed for It feels like a dream Everyday that I'm with you And you are on my mind In everything I do And you don't have to worry My love for you is true You are the one I want to give My whole heart to It's the way you put me first And they way you keep it real with me I been stressing most my life But you keep me care free It's your mind, it's your smile It's the way you make me think How you lay your hand on my chest And we talk about everything It's the way you put it down And the past it doesn't matter It's a whole new world I just want to love you better I wanna give my heart to you It feels like a dream Everyday that I'm with you And you are on my mind In everything I do And you don't have to worry My love for you is true You are the one I want to give My whole heart to
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Cover Me 05:32
My enemies wanna see me fall Some days I can’t take the pressure Because I open up my heart and They think it makes me weak And it makes it hard not to question everything Should I tone it down a little? Should I stop being who I am? Because my heart is fragile And they know it but they keep on diggin in diggin’ in (Oh) Shower me, cover me, protect me From my enemies Shower, cover me, because I Don't think I can take anymore, anymore Some People say haters gon’ hate But I’ve been thrown off by the way masquerade It never crossed my mind, that I could fly But the crabs in the barrel they want my spirit to die Should I tone it down a little? Should I stop being who I am? Because my heart is fragile And they know it but they keep on diggin in diggin’ in (Oh) Shower me, cover me, protect me From my enemies Shower, cover me, because I Don't think I can take anymore, anymore You prepare a table for me in the presence of my enemies You prepare a table for me in the presence of my enemies You prepare a table for me in the presence of my enemies You prepare a table for me in the presence of my enemies Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days all the days Shower me Cover Cause I don't think I can take anymore, anymore
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Do You 03:46
When you live in a likes for likes culture & your measure of growth is by views When you have something that is of substance Don’t be surprised if they overlook you When the game is about people pleasing & it’s all about ego on fleek When you decide just to keep it 100 May not be poppin but you’ll have inner peace Do you Do you Do you Sooner or later they gone be checking for you Choose you Choose you Choose you Sooner or later you gone need you to turn to When you bout business and they talkin’ in circles Or maybe you thought that they’d do it for the love When you decide just to stand in your power Like Drake said ‘no new friends’ stick to your day ones Cause it’s game and you can never lose it It’s not required that you enter and play Like Lauryn said look at it like the Matrix Say God bless and go on with your day Do you Do you Do you Sooner or later they gone be checking for you Choose you Choose you Choose you Sooner or later you gone need you to turn to We live in world that’s hard to explain so vain Everyone out just tryna make a name Fame fame Social media messing with our brains insane Images that we can never sustain When you live in a likes for likes culture & your measure of growth is by views If you have something that is of substance Don’t be surprised if they overlook you When the game is about people pleasing & it’s all about ego on fleek When you decide just to keep it 100 May not be poppin but you’ll have inner peace Do you
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Hush my little baby You're gonna make it Through this Everything that you ever Ever wanted I promise that it leads Through this But I don't know my name anymore Everything has changed since I walked Out that door I don't know my name anymore Everything has changed since I walked Out that door Ouuuu Don't look back don't look back no Don't look back don't look back no Hey Don't look back don't look back no Don't look back don't look back no Ohhh Hush my little baby And let go You cannot always be in control Everything that you ever ever needed I promise that it will be there But I don't know my name anymore Everything has changed since I walked Out that door I don't know my name anymore Everything has changed since I walked Out that door Ouuuu Don't look back don't look back no Don't look back don't look back no Hey Don't look back don't look back no Don't look back don't look back no Ohhh Hush my little baby You're gonna make it Through this
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It’s never been, It’s never been an easy route, Just take your time and slow it down Get lost in you and you’ll be found They’ve always told me how How I got here in this predicament And how my life would be so different How I should make up my mind, my mind. If you think you ever have to be Better than the next man that you see Or the one before Just know that you have done all that you can Listening with nothing other than your Your heart Heart, just keep your heart, your heart will Guide you, your heart will Guide you It’s always been, It’s always been I’m in I’m out A clouded mind and full of doubt Just in a rush to take a bow Going nowhere, now I made my mind I choose to win I Bust the bubble I was living in And I’m never giving in this time If you think you ever have to be Better than the next man that you see Or the one before Just know that you have done all that you can Listening with nothing other than your Your heart Heart, just keep your heart Your heart will Guide you, your heart will Guide you Heart, just keep your heart Your heart will Guide you, your heart will Guide you Ouuu
10.
I may grieve I may grieve Every time that I'm reminded I was loyal and committed When you were double-minded Confused it was you Peace of mind never provided Now you grieve yeah you grieve Everytime you see me thriving You got a new girl I see you knocked her up Right away Does she know about the Shannas and the Brittanys along the way? She can't see it but that baby and church Wont make him stay If it does, the love bombing and the promises they fade See I can improve in the areas I lack But you can never ever get the wife of Your youth back So while I must learn to love and trust again Just know a man will never ever stunt my growth again
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Woke up this morning And I'm feeling free I'm feeling like I can do I can do anything I had a vision and it's becoming clear That's I'll have to stay focused I've I'm gonna get there Spent all this time thinking why I don't fit in Then I realised everybody aint Going where I'm going I got a calling on my life Gotta set the captive free And I can't do that Not being the best me Debt free, money's in the bank I'm saving for my first house Yeah I didn't know I was a boss This is permission to thrive Taking control of my life This is permission to thrive Taking control of my life Woke up this morning And I'm feeling free I'm feeling like I can do I can do anything I had a vision and it's becoming clear That's I'll have to stay focused I've I'm gonna get there Woke up this morning And I'm feeling free I'm feeling like I can do I can do anything I had a vision and it's becoming clear That's I'll have to stay focused I've I'm gonna get there I am my ancestors wildest dream Many scarified for me I am their legacy
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We leave a legacy A chance to dance, expanse, advance and motivate the youth We leave a legacy  The powers yours to grow evolve I wrote this song for you We leave a legacy Legacy Legacy  Legacy We leave a legacy  A chance to dance, expanse, advance and motivate the youth Honor to the hard workers Skies the limits We star searching Renewed person, Exude purpose A new version They tried to curse you, They couldn’t hurt you, You’re too perfect And so worthy of praise While haters are too thirsty Tell them to move over Girl do that dance Write your song, yeah this your chance Despite the battles and circumstances Just keep advancing, in the faith you stand with Hold on Your legacy is strong Your DNA can bust through an ozone No cap Your talent is on the map And finally counting stacks They trying to hold you back But there’s nothing you lack They taking two steps, while you running them laps They talking online, but you never react Fly high in your altitude And spark a whole generation coming after you We leave a legacy A chance to dance, expanse, advance and motivate the youth We leave a legacy  The powers yours to grow evolve I wrote this song for you We leave a legacy Legacy Legacy  Legacy We leave a legacy  A chance to dance, expanse, advance and motivate the youth Let’s see— Black excellence Every time my back is up against the fence We done had the whole world on our shoulders but Nuttin’s gon keep us from getting it I’ve got So many plans And i think it’s bout time to metamorphosis Everything I learn, yeah it’s so I can teach Gotta generation coming after me You see The stuff on the news I ain’t neva gonna let that be an excuse Negative energy out in the world I flip it round, manifest undisturbed I got resilience and strength in bones Good thing we don’t have to do this alone You see a hurdle and I see a throne Just keep it stepping and growth is earned We leave a legacy A chance to dance, expanse, advance and motivate the youth We leave a legacy  The powers yours to grow evolve I wrote this song for you We leave a legacy Legacy Legacy  Legacy We leave a legacy  A chance to dance, expanse, advance and motivate the youth

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FIRST THINGS FIRST

Hi, my name is ARSENA (formerly known as Arsena Schroeder). If you are reading this, chances are you are a music lover! I am a current Berklee grad student (M.A. in Music Business), singer-songwriter, & recording artist. I have been working on my third full-length album, Metamorphosis: The Evolution of Arsena, since 2020, and I cannot wait to get this new music out!

Over the past decade, while working on new music, I have dedicated much of my energies to championing fellow artists through my company Dear Soul Music Co. Admittedly, it is much easier to aid others in completing their work, and there is a lot more resistance when it comes to putting out your own. But this project is very important to me, and I hope you will give it a listen!

You may have come to a few shows or workshops of mine in the past, follow me on social media, or are a fellow artist. Whoever you are, thanks for visiting this page and taking an interest in supporting independent artists!

On May 21st, at 6 pm, we will celebrate this collection of work at Middle C Jazz with a full band album release concert music directed by Stellar Award-Winning Curt Keyz.

You can get your TIX here: www.etix.com/ticket/p/2948880/arsena-metamorphosisthe-evolution-of-arsenaalbum-release-concert-charlotte-middle-c-jazz-club

Stream the full album on all platforms (Starting May 12th) here: distrokid.com/hyperfollow/arsena1/metamorphosis-the-evolution-of-arsena?

Let's evolve.

XOXO,
Arsena

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released December 8, 2022

All Songs Written and Performed by Arsena Todd (formerly known as Arsena Schroeder). Heart ft Curt Keyz Written by Curtis Hayes and Mashuan Cook.
Album Produced + Programmed by Curt Keyz
Mixed by Jack Nellis
Mastered by The Foxboro Mastering Studios

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ARSENA Charlotte, North Carolina

ARSENA (formerly known as Arsena Schroeder) is an R&B artist based out of Charlotte, NC. This multi-talented singer- songwriter is known for her inspirational & heartfelt tunes.

Having released a number of EPs & albums, ARSENA has accomplished much touring as an independent recording artist. She’s scheduled to release her 3rd full-length album, “Metamorphosis: The Evolution of Arsena” Fall of 2022
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