RIDDIM HOUSE

BIG VIZION

BIG VIZION, a.k.a. Jesse Campbell, is a crossover hip-hop/reggae artist that's already conquered the world...at least in his mind's eye. Get him talking about his plans and ideas and you better get comfortable. Better yet, get him talking about anything...poltics, religion, music, history, life...and you can bet he's got some thoughts to share. He's a true "ideas-man" who's lived with his eyes and ears open to all of life's frequencies.

Vizion is the 1st artist on the Riddim House label and his debut release, "My Life's Got A Soundtrack" (2007), was recorded at Riddim House Studios and performed by the Riddim House Players (members of Jah Works). He's been a close friend of Jah Works for many years but musically was honing his craft in different circles. It was only a matter of time before an opportunity for a collaboration would present itself as it did in 2006. The result was the reggae/hip-hop anthem "Gimme the Mic" off of Jah Works latest release "One For You". Slowly the songs kept coming together until it was clear this artist needed an album of his own...and a platform from which to launch it.

Vizion truly has a new sound and perspective to offer the world of music. For one, he's both a trained studio engineer and a vocalist. This gives him the unique ability to tap into both the technical and artistic worlds of music to better his songs. Secondly, he's equally

influenced by reggae and hip-hop, two distant and powerful cousins in music that both are in need of fresh blood. Last...he has great lyrics! Rather than explain why they're great...read for youself. Here are all the lyrics to his debut album "My Life's Got a Soundtrack".

Big Vizion is presently performing his songs at many of the Jah Works shows. Visit his myspace page at myspace/vizionsound.

1. MY LIFE'S GOT A SOUNDTRACK

im like thirty years old and still rappin,
they be like dog, yo what really happened?
but if its true what theyve been saying all along
then my delayed development happened for a reason.
see back in the day i didnt even have a swatch
got me a girl the girl copped me a watch.
i started being on time once i had a clock,
now they say im dependable and trustworthy
i need you to do some work how about eight-thirty?
sure, ill see you in the morn, get the loot,
and still bring it you raw, up late at nite banging
on my red a-s-r for sure, beats and rhymes galore
and just when youve thought youve seen it all
and just when you thought ive gone too far
just remember the invoice is taped to the door uhhh.

its like my lifes got a soundtrack
everytime i speak it sounds like i rap man
thats how im givin it back i thank god
everyday for the music

im so slick i put my sister on the track man
thats her on the flute playing in the background
when they like dog where you get your loops from?
i cut demos while the wife cuts coupons.
i make music and that helps me breathe
i started a business to wash my hands clean
they told me i live in the land of the free
thats great cuz change is what i need
yo, good luck to all my soon to be fathers
i could offer advice but why bother?
they say in life that you live and you learn
i just wished i learned with less of the burn
thanks mama for your concern it takes a little in return
for what ive earned and i cherish each and every word
its because of you ive ever been heard

its like my lifes got a soundtrack
everytime i speak it sounds like i rap man
thats how im givin it back i thank god
everyday for the music

its always starts the same everyday
snare on the two and four first finally drop a verse
i almost made the preamp burst
i got the tube glowing red off of 48 volts
like a politician i brag and i boast
but i need record sales instead of your votes
so i write night after night, and note after note
to make it sound right, keep adjusting the lights
cuz the screens starts to blur when the machine starts to scroll
i just do it by ear, and what I hear is what yall deserve
so loud and so clear im trying to create a career
its got hot up in here so i turn the lights off
and i speak how i feel thats the deal
my whole life ive been keeping it real
but from here ill just be keep it me uhhh.

its like my lifes got a soundtrack
everytime i speak it sounds like i rap man
thats how im givin it back i thank god
everyday for the music

2. SLOW & SEXY

pay attention this is grown folks talkin
we get it poppin once the beat starts knockin
we get it rocking and the crowd starts flockin
so dont be hatin when you see the big boss man
its not my fault man people say im awesome
jaws droppin i shock em like john stockton
more than often you can see me flossin
i paid the cost you take the loss im not playin
my forte smooth like the O'Jays
check my resume cool like the old days
easy like Sunday morning we do it always
come a long way from hanging out in hallways
i start to sway when the guitar plays
im the next phase of this hip hop craze
life of the party like Smokey say
sit back and blaze check out my melody

so keep it movin slow n sexy
I get it on let the beat infect me
your body movement well impress me
keep it grooving let the music caress me
so keep it movin slow n sexy
I get it on let the beat infect me
your body movement well impress me
keep it grooving let the music caress me

there was a time all i did was rush
id speak my mind all i heard was hush
to live plush i need like a zillion bucks
so i pressed my luck and found a mic to crush
i got the style that you love so much
i heat it up and it sounds so tough
so rough every time i bust
cant get enough of my funky stuff
its like that and thats the way i do this
i meditate in the morning like a buddhist
i give thanks every time my tune hits
a maverick stack loot like Marc Cuban
im superhuman when it comes to the music
aint nothin to it yo i run right thru it
so soothing i keep improving yall knew it
my sound so fluid

i reminisce about a simpler time before everything
was so synthesized. if you didnt have it
then you improvised my main concern
was to survive. I found the vibes let my ego slide
it aint about the finish its about the ride
so i recognize and i realize with my destiny
i would soon collide
break on through to the other side to the
higher heights still i rise
for a better situation i strive too much complications
in our lives. in the blink of an eye things change
i ask why, it seems like, we were born to die
seize forever in a moment i try
time keeps slippin watchin days go by

3. YOU'RE MY EVERYTHING

from the first time that i saw you
i knew that i could talk to you
i felt like you saw right through me
as my fascination grew
standing there before me
while im having deja vu
everything ive ever wanted
like my dreams come true
youre so familiar to me
im so comfortable with you
and from your body language
i can tell you feel it too.

ive been looking for you all my life
i knew as soon as i looked in your eyes
now that i found you never let you go
its me and you until the end of time because

what you mean to me you make my world complete
youre my everything girl thats what you mean to me
what you mean to me you make my world complete
youre my everything girl thats what you mean to me

the evidence was prevalent that this would last forever and
my hesitance was negligent but that is now irrelevant
youre eloquent intelligent so far ahead of them
better than anyone so damn original
one of a kind im so glad youre mine
a woman like you is so hard to find
your classy style fine shape and design
i feel so alive and im diggin your vibe
im never alone ive got you on my mind
and when i come home in you i confide
together with you for the rest of my life
beautiful woman come stand by my side

ive been looking for you all my life
i knew as soon as i looked in your eyes
now that i found you never let you go
its me and you until the end of time because

weve had our share of problems weve been down this rocky road
yet we kept the fire burnin while our weakness was exposed
despite all of our differences were fighting for control
never feeling discontent and never letting go
ive known you for a long long time more than your friends and foes
im the keeper of your secrets im the only one that knows.

ive been looking for you all my life
i knew as soon as i looked in your eyes
now that i found you never let you go
its me and you until the end of time because

4. BEEN THRU IT

i surely been thru it here we go again
and i dont know if i can do it
over again so I
i surely been thru it here we go again
and i dont know if i can do it
over again so I

ive seen friends fall victim to drugs and crime
losing their mind cuz of pressures of life
past histories present problems they resolve to die
they just doing it over a longer time
so why do we try when the strong survive
do we let the weak perish and watch their mothers cry?
or do we carry em along destined to provide
see ive got broad shoulders but im hurtin inside
got my own demons i walk a very thin line
so close to the edge i feel im slippin sometimes
so i close my eyes and let the pain reside
just feel the vibe and open up wide
so let the sweet musice take control soothe my soul
feel the bass moving nice and slow feel me flow
over the drum roll just let it go and enjoy the show uhhh

trod on as life seems to move along singing sad songs
for those that are dead and gone
carry on your spirit lives on inside of me a part of you
will never be gone i stand strong
though temptation is hard slackness and negativity
at every turn let it burn lifes lessons to learn
i concerned about the future but now i determined
to succeed so i do away with greed
put my mind at ease humble myself and just breathe
plant the seed see it provide for my every need
collide with my destiny and all my stress will be absolved
problem resolved headin to the future as the past dissolves
one day to the next night time to the morning
this is a warning more fire keeps burning

confrontation is my motivation no more bullshitting
no more hesitation more fire give the people what they want
riddim house keep on licking them shots what up dogs?
as the hour grows late and the energy becomes faint
we still got time for another take this is my journey
this is my mission thats why Vizion say
run the riddim
keep on grindin keep on survivin
do the music in the basement then we'll do a live one
see survival was only the first phase
its time to do shows in all fifty states
place to place selling cds by the case
can you take the pace in this rat race?

5. BIG VIZION PON THE TRACK

yo its just a little taste

reading my psalms while they leading us on we
pawns in the game they just trying to hold on they
feeding us wrong so i bust till the demons are gone
heathens its on too much babylon a gwaan i
keep building my songs like a temple to god while
i question the lord like my tongue was a sword i
am the master of my digital world
i buy as much equipment as my budget can afford uhh
press record run to the booth its on
your rap phenomena while the beat keeps rumblin on
remain calm with the mic in my palm
i strike while the iron is warm Vizion a don yo
i smoke the competition like a Winston
see me next year with Jah Works in Kingston
a little something in a glass of dark rum
yeah yeah thats the type of shit that im on uhh

yo its Big Vizion pon the track man
never looking back dog never gon back down
yo its Big Vizion pon the track man
never looking back dog never gon back down

how many mcs must get smacked down
before they realize its best they back down
my background rude boy sounds i spit rounds
like four pounds the floor bounce
throw up your damn hands
everybody in the joint better dance
i got plans so i survey the circumstance
slay the citizens with a little bit of sibilance
and to the pestilence i stutter a little utterance
some new butters and an oversize fisherman
its not arrogant to exude a little confidence
a little vigilance can stimulate the ignorant
and shed a little bit of wisdom on the innocent
enlightened folks the microphone is my talisman
life is a battleground but it aint Afghanistan
or Iraq i hope they all make it home again
i pray for the safe return of Hollys cousin Dan

yo its Big Vizion pon the track man
never looking back dog never gon back down
yo its Big Vizion pon the track man
never looking back dog never gon back down

disrespect so damn disgraceful you want beef dog?
you can get a plate full
i put a hole in your head the size of a baseball
wait dog chill dont be so mean and hateful
i state farm to insure my game strong
my aims on and i bet your dead wrong my head gone
ive been waiting for so long its so on
i need connections like Voltron you Solon
nuff respect dog yo thats my main man
i love the sound of the rain but love it more when the storms gone
the team swarm to the ball cuz the D's strong
im 210 with my jeans on
i swear to God im a always get my lean on
and leave you fiended for a brand new song dont worry
i gots a lot more keep showing you the way
without leading you on

yo its Big Vizion pon the track man
never looking back dog never gon back down
yo its Big Vizion pon the track man
never looking back dog never gon back down

6. STICKUP!

come on, this is a stick up
come on, everybody put your hands up
come on, give me what i came for
this is a stick up get on the dance floor
come on, this is a stick up
come on, everybody put your hands up
come on, give me what i came for
this is a stick up get on the dance floor

all right folks your attention please
for the next few minutes just listen to me
lets get it on nobody remain calm
everybody move and nobody gets harmed
go ahead ring the alarm
call for security call for the guard
im strapped with a musical bomb
Big Vizions in the building like the jump out squad
you never heard nothing like this before
get your back off the wall what'd you come here for?
to spend up all your money and stand by the door
or get into the music you know its hard core
im gonna keep this short and sweet
get out your seat get on your feet
anybody sittin is now a victim of the riddim
follow the instructions youve just been given uhhh

chorus

consider yourself warned dont take me lightly
no resistance please i do this nightly
sudden movements a must when i bust its frightening
lyrics so tight you cant conceive my writing
you like what youre hearing i like what im seeing
winding your waist like a dancehall queen would
later on girls in your dreams ill be in
you and me you just cant believe it
most wanted got my name on a poster
outlaw keep a mic in my holster
im not braggin im not boastin
i just do it like im supposed to
stop the presses i keep em guessin
the microphone is my protection
smooth criminal pure perfection
no sign of the crime can be detected oh

chorus

think about it ive got a dangerous crew
and i wouldnt want anything to happen to you
this will all be over in a moment or two
then on to the next spot to do what we do
bad minded with lines that kill
designed to find you if youre standing still
im the sure shot, fire at will
the mastermind my style is way too real
dont run for cover, i keep bustin at em
you cant duck em, and you sure cant *uck with em
too many rhymes in the clip you got nothing man
the first hits a warning the next one will get you man
one in the chamber, that means danger
im accurate like a red light laser
its my pleasure to entertain you
hand me the paper ill catch you later yo

chorus

7. OH MY LORD

oh my lord lord lord lord
what a cold cold world

its been a long time coming up
and im just startin to figure out
that its one big run around
and they wont stop running they wont stop running
if you know what im speaking of
and you feel where im coming from
can you see my vision now
they wont stop running they wont stop

oh my lord lord lord lord
what a cold cold world
oh my lord lord lord lord
what a cold cold world

as i walk through the shadows
im surrounded by evil men
fighting my battles
and they just keep coming they just keep coming
even though im weary and the path gets blurry
i will show no mercy
i must keep holding on i gotta keep

oh my lord lord lord lord
what a cold cold world
oh my lord lord lord lord
what a cold cold world

out of my mind cant stay focused
im on the grind it seems so hopeless
my eyes were closed but now theyre open
time keeps slippin like the clock was broken
tongue like a ninja sword sharp like a razor
creep in your subliminal rearrange your data
invade your mental when i push up the fader
infiltrate your thoughts and affect your behavior

what a day what a day
what a day what a day
what a day what a day
what a day what a day

oh my lord lord lord lord
what a cold cold world
oh my lord lord lord lord
what a cold cold world

8. THINGS GONE CHANGE

i thought they told me that things gone change
im just another day older and my hair goin grey
i thought they told me that things gone change
but when i looked out the window everything seemed the same
i thought they told us that lifes gone change
and then they gave me chemicals to rearrange my brain
i thought they told me that lifes gone change
but the game is the game and the games still the same yeah

images of huddled masses packed and captioned
in packages of mass distraction
hysterical sounds surround and drown our senses
while our defenses are taxed and
opinions determine our factions
satisfaction guaranteed you just have to pay a fee
for shipping handling restocking and dismantling
processing our orders for our immediate needs
our frustration consumes our patience
lust and greed infects our nation
it seems we're headed toward certain devastation
vampires feed while the world bleeds

where do we go from here
where do we go from here
the ups and the downs got my head spinnin round
tell me where do we go from here

they bomb them with the evil acts why
and they scare them but the Heathen ask why
cuz i know theyre taking pictures from the sky
and sending powder to the people on the sly
well you know theyre stealing pieces from the pie
but for show theyre on the serious side
and they control you with the symptoms they design
emboldened by their systematic lies
and they show you what will hold you in your mind
with the most convincing pictures they can find
and in a moments notice youll decide
if you gonna stay and fight or run and hide

where do we go from here
where do we go from here
the ups and the downs got my head spinnin round
tell me where do we go from here

chorus

i exist in the midst of parasites and pestilence
staring through the fence with revolutionary intents
forged in fire and the fury of resistance
threat levels rise as i watch from a distance
expected to die in the next wave that hits us
a thorn in their side but im not on their list yet
have to hold fast or be cast with the victims
dilate my eyes with the proper prescriptions
temperatures high as they try to constrict us
detected a lie in the stream of their fiction

where do we go from here
where do we go from here
the ups and the downs got my head spinnin round
tell me where do we go from here

chorus

9. A WHO DEM

Big Vizion and the Storm, Big Vizion and the Storm
Big Vizion and the Storm
Big Vizion and the Storm, Big Vizion and the Storm
Big Vizion and the Storm

tell me who, who can do the things a what the Great man do?
and if dem cant now me waan know a who?
nuff a dem try and end up get slew
dem a who dem a who dem a who?
tell me who, who can to the things a what the Allmighty do?
and if dem cant now me waan know a who?
i know the facts what is your point of view?
dem a who dem a who dem a who?

who cares about the ice you got?
when everybody knows that them rhymes you popped aint yours
they aint yours your just industry whores
sign the dotted line and droppin your drawers
and whose your A & R man?
searching for talent in the bottom of trash cans
if hot is a hundred damn, this a hundred grand
any mc disagree with me wave your hand
thought so so thoughtful my thought flow
throws back whack mcs like Jim Crow
where it at yo? throw your hands in the air
find the motion for this potion that we pump in your ear
and who came in the game telling dames to abstain?
yellin change your mind frame aim and f*ck fame
one man one team Rasheed Amin
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem

dont lick shots drop bombs to this one
its Big Vizion and the Storm on a musical mission
now the Heathen transmits and yall needed to listen
like the eye in the sky youve been screenin for this one
im the one who asked why when they try to afflict you
the one who burns lies when they try to predict you
as the days run dry and theyre sorry they hit you
i remain unchanged in the maze of the system
as the blood red sun dries the tears that come
the blood red moon reflects the damage is done
the tribe of the lion will not turn and run
another dreadful day has just begun
hear how they design and contrive with their words
in this evilous time they confine you to serve
unconverted and wise i conspire to deter
please let my rhymes of their crimes be heard

chorus

too many people gone astray nowadays
misled by the powers that be someway
so they get on their knees and pray
but their problems wont go away
and at the end of the day seems as nothing has changed
and as the sun starts to fade still fighting the same old things
atra vez de la noche la lucha continua
la guerra es siempre por la gente pobre
despues de la tarde la luna esta brillante
la misma color de sangre
un otro hombre esta muerto

chorus

10. SO LONG

big boom big tune you like it or you dont
its what i wrote its all speculation just a little quote
an italicized version of the thoughts that provoke my mind
a snapshot of my rocky road an episode in time
i forgot more rhymes than i ever wrote
the words i spoke like the herbs i smoke
combine to form pure dope a little hope
goes a long way so dont stray to the wrong way
dont take the long way home
cuz it will all be gone just move along
get it on till the break of dawn hear the birds first song
see the morning born
yo i been so gone i didnt know what was going on
try to stand strong through the sandstorm
waiting on the calm sometimes barely holding on
just waiting on the calm yeah

so long so long so long so long
ive been doing my thing but it just wasnt working
so long so long so long so long
ive been looking for help in all the wrong places
so long so long so long so long
ive been praying to God but he just wont answer
so long so long so long so long
so long

convinced by my convictions enticed by my prediction
its like me and the mic got a little friction
nice with my diction precise with my non fiction
i run free while your minds trapped in a little prison
so dismissive so submissive you got it twisted
a walking contradiction how could you miss it
when it was so explicit
now your girlfriends wishin her man was like Vizion
i seen the look in her eye it aint a good one
its my high grade style i aint a hoodlum
im so wicked and wild upon the riddim
i got volumes so come and get em
i do my thing no more half steppin
i got weapons at my discretion
no more oppression from my own transgression
im trying to tell yall come on listen

lift up the vibes you hear me sing
im reasoning let me tell you again
lift up the vibes im beggin you
before the poison sets in
so dont be frightened must be enlightened
i keep writing to bust another tune pon them head
so much violence they keep fighting
some of them dying
another father lives to see his dying son
its bone chilling all this senseless killing
i cant believe the lies youve been spreading
im not feeling what youve been telling
im not buying what you are selling
i spit fire on the mic cuz my seed must be fed
i bring the power and the light coming deep from within
me tell you again say

chorus

11. SOLDIER

this ones for the singers and players of instruments
that refuse to let the revolution die oh yeah
the truth speakers the wisdom seekers
enlightening us in spite of our leaders
they deceive us because they need us
without people who would they control?
fire and brimstone smoke and mirrors
pomp and circumstance its all politics to me
and i swear to be

im a soldier im a soldier
a rebel with a guitar
im a soldier im a soldier
a rebel with a guitar
im a soldier im a soldier
a rebel with a guitar
im a soldier im a soldier
a rebel with a guitar

i pick up my guitar and slowly begin to strum
all my instincts tell me i should pick up and run
instead of facing my problems my problems
who am i? or better yet who have i become?
questioning myself the demons fighting from within
the people of this world are hungry for peace
yet we feed our appetites for destruction
its crazy so crazy
round and round the world keeps turning
in the holy land the bodies are burning
and the children are yearning for comfort
so comfort them

endless nights for restless spirits
writing these songs of freedom
and i know that its a long way home
i have a picture in my pocket of my true love
it makes me feel a little less alone
in this concrete jungle of brick and stone
if i get home before daylight
ill sit and listen to you breathe while youre sleeping
so promise to kiss me before you leave
cuz ill be gone when you get home this evening
and i cant stand this empty feeling
youre the only thing i ever need in this world
so ill keep fighting to the very end
cuz what the world needs is love
sweet love and passion more passion

chorus

12. UP LATE LAST NIGHT

i was up late last nite who oh
and ill be up late tonite for sure
i was up late last nite who oh
and ill be up late tonite for sure

im trying to mask the pain from all these years
im sitting back at the bar just sippin some beers
im like where my head at? this sh*t is so dope yo
i cant believe it i gotta go and smoke yo
so now im sittin back a scotch on the rocks
but im feeling like its gotta just stop whoa
and then its bip bop till this party's rock\
i cant stop the needle drop man i mean its like whoa
so check it out one time as i ease back rewind
bout the times i was grindin
its gettin real grimy yall it took time so dont you remind me yo
its just another scenario a day goes by its just the same as the others so
its like im walking in a f*ckin haze so now im sittin back gettin blazed yo
and i dont give a fuck son i do this sh*t cuz i love it young uhh
i sit back i spit a little rhyme i take a little time im rhythmatically inclined so
let me tell you little story yeah about me up all nite
making f*ckin beats and writing these rhymes so check it out
im a do it for sure yeah and im a get me the dough
cuz i gotta get my money wont do it for free
im not a f*ckin sucker so check it on out i said
work hard and party even harder whoa oh

i was up late last nite who oh
and ill be up late tonite for sure
i was up late last nite who oh
and ill be up late tonite for sure

so run the rhythm one time and sit back just relax
im a take you on a journey and this is real facts
about the time in the glory i mean way back
i was so blazy you would be just amazed at the story
they was like yo whose this kid on the micro?
hes doing his thing God hes starting to flow
then he let it go now oh my God coming back one time
for your mind just rewind and sit back so
i can barely see the sun sometimes cuz i wake up so late
its time to get mine how late you wake up?
i watch Ellen while i make my breakfast

i was up late last nite who oh
and ill be up late tonite for sure
i was up late last nite who oh
and ill be up late tonite for sure