Zep Tepi

ALBUM DETAILS

Zep Tepi is named after the ancient Egyptian phrase meaning "The First Time" or "The Golden Age."

For WATCH ]|[, this album is a love letter to what he considers the Golden Age of R&B.

Drawing inspiration from artists such as Babyface, New Edition, After 7, Usher, Guy, and Teddy Riley, the album seeks to recapture the warmth, musicianship, romance, groove, harmony, and emotional sincerity that defined an era when R&B dominated the airwaves.

Rather than simply recreating the past, Zep Tepi attempts to honor the spirit of that music while filtering it through modern experiences and perspectives.

The result is an album about love, attraction, relationships, vulnerability, connection, and the emotional highs and lows that make those experiences unforgettable.

bottom v

Oooh
Yeah
There she go right there
Ain’t nobody else like that

She’s so fine
Man she’s so cool
Tryna play it steady
But I’m breakin’ the rules
She don’t know
What I’m about
One conversation
Girl I’ll figure you out
And I

She’s the one
I’m thinkin’ of
She’s the one
I’ve been dreamin’ of
She’s the one
That moves my soul
She’s the one
That makes me whole

Every room
She steals the light
Everybody watchin’
When she walks by tonight
Tried to speak
But lost my flow
Something ’bout her smile
Makes me lose control
Still

She’s the one
I’m thinkin’ of
She’s the one
I’ve been dreamin’ of
She’s the one
That moves my soul
She’s the one
That makes me whole

Now we’re here
Just me and you
Heartbeat racing
Like lovers do
Tryna tell you
What I feel inside
Cause every single moment
Girl feels so right

Falsetto
She’s the one
Background voices
That’s her right there
Man I told you
Soft whisper
Watchillie

She’s the one
I’m thinkin’ of
She’s the one
I’ve been dreamin’ of
She’s the one
That moves my soul
She’s the one
That makes me whole

Bottom V is a song meant to describe the attraction and awe the singer experiences when he sees the voluptuous shape and backside of a woman. 

She is wearing a red thong which forms a 'V' shape along the backside and he is entranced.
Bottom V explores attraction, confidence, and the excitement that accompanies romantic chemistry.

The song celebrates the magnetic pull that can exist between two people when interest becomes impossible to ignore.\

The song examines the interplay between physical attraction and emotional connection.

While desire may initiate interest, deeper relationships often emerge from understanding, trust, and shared experiences.

Bottom V explores that progression from attraction toward connection.

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drink the wine

Whispered
Watchillie

Mm
Yeah

Slow down
Come closer

Come feel me
Be free
Betcha can’t sauce it

Tayyystee

Come save me
Succulent
You’ll see

Put it in your pocket

Tayyystee

Bring your cup
I know you wanna sip from this rhythm tonight

Come and bring your cup

Juice of life
Let your soul ascend to higher heights

Come and fill your cup

Take a breath
Move your hips
Girl your body don’t lie

Come and fill your cup

Ingest
Digest
You already got what you need

Girl you are
Tayyystee

Take a sip y’all

Girl you are
Tayyystee

Drink the wine with love

Girl you are
Tayyystee

Close your eyes now

Girl you are
Tayyystee

Let the rhythm lift you

Come taste me
Softly
Betcha can’t replace this

Tayyystee

Come save me
Succulent
You’ll see

Time to take a ride now

Close your eyes

Come and drink the wine

Bring your cup
Let the music elevate your mind tonight

Come and fill your cup

Feel the groove
Let your spirit move into the light

Come and fill your cup

Take a sip
Breathe it in
Lose yourself inside

Come and fill your cup

You possess
Everything you need already

Pull it from your pocket
Tayyystee

Let the spirit fill you
Tayyystee

Slow wine
No time
Bodies moving synchronized

Drink the wine
With love
Sip the rhythm deep inside

Layered harmonies

Girl you know you tayystee

Tayyystee

Sweet like wine girl

Tayyystee

Slow move side to side

Tayyystee

Succulent

Girl you are
Tayyystee

Now ya feel me
Now ya see

Girl you are
Tayyystee

Now you can sauce it

Girl you are
Tayyystee

Drink the wine with love

Girl you are
Tayyystee

Let the spirit fill you

Soft layered whispers

Drink the wine
With love

Sweet like wine girl

Tayyystee

Watchillie

Drink the Wine is written from the perspective of a singer in a small open mic bar. He and his small band are playing and a woman captures his attention. He then sings this song to her and the inference of "drink the wine" is his lyrics and voice that he is hoping she will 'take in' and be nurtured and seduced by it. He admires her shapeliness and in complimentary detail describes her shape and how it makes him salivate with desire.
Drink The Wine celebrates enjoyment, relaxation, and the simple pleasure of sharing meaningful moments with someone special.

The song captures the atmosphere of conversation, laughter, and connection.

Wine becomes a metaphor for presence.

Rather than rushing toward future concerns, the song encourages listeners to appreciate the moment they are currently experiencing.

Its message is ultimately about savoring life.

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everything and nothing

Ooooh
Yeah
Girl

Early days when we were youngin’s
Passion sour grapes and lovin’
We vowed we’d make it last
Our slate was clean without a past
We both embraced so tight
The road was pure without a fight
Back then forever felt so close
Now silence hurts the most

I gave you everything and nothing
I gave you everything but nothing
I gave you all of me completely
Still somehow you couldn’t reach me
I gave you everything and nothing
I gave you everything but nothing

Time together passes slowly
What once burned bright now feels so lonely
A faded heart has grown so cold
In life somehow we’ve both grown old
We cannot seem to move beyond this
A wall of shadows standing between us
Such darkness gray I cannot see
Your hand slowly slipping from me
No more can we continue breaking
So much pain from love we’re wasting
A vision I still try to hold
Of you beside me growing old

I gave you everything and nothing
I gave you everything but nothing
I gave you all my love completely
Still somehow you couldn’t feel me
I gave you everything and nothing
I gave you everything but nothing

No nooooo
Nooooo
Oooohhhh nooooo
Take it all baby
Take whatever’s left of me
Cause somewhere in the distance
You’re still the air I breathe

I gave you everything and nothing
I gave you everything but nothing
I gave you all of me completely
Still somehow you couldn’t reach me
I gave you everything and nothing
I gave you everything but nothing

I’m cryin’ inside girl
Everything
Nothing

Watchillie

Everything and Nothing is definitely in the vein of a Golden Age R&B song where the singer is in pain and feeling remorse. He is feeling he gave everything but his woman has rejected him. He is in pain and pleading with her in hopes that she may actually hear him.
Everything and Nothing explores the contradictions that often exist within relationships.

The song examines how a single person can simultaneously feel like the center of someone's world while also remaining impossible to fully understand.

The title reflects emotional paradox.

Love often contains certainty and uncertainty at the same time.

The song explores how relationships can simultaneously simplify and complicate our lives

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fade away

Oooooooooh
Yeahhhhhh

Sometimes I ask why
Sometimes I feel I’ve died
Can’t you see me calling as I fade away
Can’t you feel me calling as I fade away
I need to hear you hear me whisper stay
I need to feel your touch please stay
Tomorrow’s near, come guide me from this empty space
Be my ray, my sunrise
Make this time alive
I want you to stay here with me

Sometimes confused I can’t see straight
Sometimes so hurt I push you far away
Can’t you feel me whisper as I fade away
Can’t you see me crying lost in gray fading
Can’t you see me calling as I fade away
Can’t you feel me calling as I fade away

I need to hear you hear me whisper stay
I need to feel your touch please stay
Tomorrow’s near, come guide me from this empty space
Be my ray, my sunrise
Make this time alive
I want you to stay here with me

Hold me closer through the silence
Don’t let this feeling disappear
Even shadows need a sunrise
Stay with me stay right here

I need to hear you hear me whisper stay
I need to feel your touch please stay
Tomorrow’s near, come guide me from this empty space
Be my ray, my sunrise
Make this time alive
I want you to stay here with me

I don’t want this day to fade
I don’t want this kiss your echo to fade
I don’t want this love I give to fade away

Fade away
Fade away

Watchillie

Fade Away is written from the perspective of a man in pain because his woman has decided to leave. He is pleading with her to hear how his soul is 'fading away,' and he longs for her actually see and hear him.


Fade Away reflects on impermanence and the desire to preserve meaningful experiences before they disappear.

The song acknowledges the transient nature of life and relationships.

The fading image becomes symbolic of memory itself.

The song explores how people attempt to hold onto moments that inevitably change over time.

Its message suggests that impermanence may actually increase the value of what we experience.

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Give it up

Ooooh
Yeah
Come on

Girl
The way you move
You got the whole room watchin

I see you
Yeah

Slide across the dance floor
Slow burn make me want more
Every move so dangerous
Girl your presence got me stuck
Radiant you blind me
Ain’t nobody else around me
Rhythm flowing through the room now
Every eye is on you now
Fellas pause when you walk by
Captivated by them jade eyes
Hourglass shape perfection
Girl you own the room completely
Come a little closer
Need your love all over
One more taste of your affection
Lose myself inside your essence
Ooooh
You got me hypnotized
Ooooh
Girl don’t stop tonight

Give it up girl
Let the rhythm guide your hips tonight
Give it up girl
My heart my skin girl you ignite
Give it up girl
Your soul lights up the room completely
Give it up girl
I'm consumed by your intensity

Give it up
Give it up
Move
Move
Move
Work it girl
Work it girl

Spotlight every step through
Whole room wanna move too
But tonight my eyes stay locked there
Caught up in your mystique stare
Pure temptation in your motion
Pull me deeper like the ocean
Soft skin glisten under neon
Girl your energy beyond
Come a little closer
Need another moment
Let the rhythm pull us under
Feel the bassline move like thunder

Take my money
Take my time
Girl I lost my soul
To jade green eyes
Jade green eyes
Jade green eyes


Every second
Every glance
Got me caught up
Inside your dance

Show it
Transform it
Perform it
Girl you own it
Own it
Own it

Give it up girl
Let the rhythm guide your hips tonight
Give it up girl
My heart my skin girl you ignite
Give it up girl
Your soul lights up the room completely
Give it up girl
I'm consumed by your intensity

Give it up
Give it up
Give it up girl

Come talk to me
Yeah
I see you girl
All across the room
Come dance with me
Tonight

Give it up girl

Watchillie

Give it up is written from the perspective of a man enamored and infatuated with a woman who is dancing and commanding the dance floor. He is entranced with how she moves and seduces all around her. The expression 'give it up,' is meant to describe her hip-shaking and overall way she oozes and emits her soul and sexuality without the room weakening all those around her.
Give It Up also celebrates appreciation, recognition, and gratitude.

Recognition and appreciation become acts of connection.

The song encourages listeners to acknowledge those who positively impact their lives.

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intentions

Soft pads
Ooooh
Yeah
Watchin’ us fade away

Oh when
Oh when did our love drift away
Was it apathy that took its place
A smile
A loving glance wrapped in I love you
Now memories suffocate in excuse

Will I ever leave this place
Will I escape this darkened space
A place that keeps me far from you now
Afraid because I don’t know how

How do I change me for you
How can I try to show you
Intentions were always to love you
But I can’t bear to let me
Hurt you

Oh when
Oh when did I stop hearing your sweet soft voice
Frustrated indifference
I made my choice
And I stopped caring instead of being true
To all the words I promised when we became two

Will I ever leave this place
Will I escape this darkened space
A place that keeps me far from you now
Afraid because I don’t know how

How do I change me for you
How can I try to show you
Intentions were always to love you
But I can’t bear to let me
Hurt you

Stripped instrumentation
How do I stop me
How do I fix me
How do I make you finally see me
How do I help you forgive me

Full layered harmonies
How do I change me for you
How can I try to show you
Intentions were always to love you
But I can’t bear to let me
Hurt you
Intentions
Always to love you
Intentions
Never to hurt you

Watchillie

Intentions is the voice of a man in pain. The voice of a man who has, regardless of his 'intent,' hurt the woman he loves. He feels shame, embarrassment, and fear that he has lost her forever. 
Intentions explores honesty, motivation, and clarity within relationships.

The song asks individuals to be truthful about what they want and why they want it.

Intentions shape outcomes.

The song examines the difference between words and actions, encouraging authenticity rather than performance.

Its central message is that genuine relationships are built upon transparency.

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it's friday!

Yeahhhh
Awright now
Friday night
Top down
Watchillie

Slide out clean round quarter-to-nine
Ragtop lean and the system on fire
Gold tooth grin when I step outside
Whole block freeze when the bassline ride
Left side lookin like trouble tonight
Red dress fit so dangerous tight
She lick her lips say where we goin
I laugh back girl just keep on rollin

Slow down baby don’t spill that drink
You too fine make a grown man think
Whole room stop when you move like that
Bassline hit make ya arch that back

Its friday
Drank
Its friday
Drank
Top down
Lean back
Tonight we do it like that

Hit that spot only vip
Black shades on and they all know me
Nolet gin with a twist of lime
Whole room vibin when I step inside
Raise them arms girl nice and slow
Move that body to the stereo
One more sip now lose control
Friday night got ahold your soul

Its friday
Drank
Its friday
Drank

Ayo I’m finna get another drank
Boy stop playin
Nah for real look at shorty over there
Whew she fine
Nawww you can try
But wit me
She already got a ride
Ohhhhh

Ease on down
Ease on down
Ease on down the road
Ease on down
Ease on down
Ease on down the road
Ooohhh
Friday night
Feels so right

Downstroke
Get drunk
Funked up
Turnt up
Bring another friend
Everybody wins
Left side
Right side
Bounce wit it
Ride wit it

Its friday
Drank
Its friday
Drank
Top down
Lean back
Tonight we do it like that

Where my keys morris
Girl I’m ’bout to take you home
Put the top back down
Pull it up
Open the door
You already know what we do
Skrrrrt


It's Friday is a weekend anthem where the singer is getting off work, preparing to hang out with his friends, and preparing to party and live it up on Friday night!
It's Friday captures the excitement that accompanies the end of a long week and the beginning of personal freedom.

The song celebrates relaxation, anticipation, and good company.

Friday becomes symbolic of release.

The song explores the importance of balance and reminds listeners that joy often emerges from simple moments shared with others.
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she's the one

Oooh
Yeah
There she go right there
Ain’t nobody else like that

She’s so fine
Man she’s so cool
Tryna play it steady
But I’m breakin’ the rules
She don’t know
What I’m about
One conversation
Girl I’ll figure you out
And I

She’s the one
I’m thinkin’ of
She’s the one
I’ve been dreamin’ of
She’s the one
That moves my soul
She’s the one
That makes me whole

Every room
She steals the light
Everybody watchin’
When she walks by tonight
Tried to speak
But lost my flow
Something ’bout her smile
Makes me lose control
Still

She’s the one
I’m thinkin’ of
She’s the one
I’ve been dreamin’ of
She’s the one
That moves my soul
She’s the one
That makes me whole

Now we’re here
Just me and you
Heartbeat racing
Like lovers do
Tryna tell you
What I feel inside
Cause every single moment
Girl feels so right

Falsetto
She’s the one
Background voices
That’s her right there
Man I told you
Soft whisper
Watchillie

She’s the one
I’m thinkin’ of
She’s the one
I’ve been dreamin’ of
She’s the one
That moves my soul
She’s the one
That makes me whole

She's the one is sung with enamor from a young adult who has a crush on a woman and he feels she is the one for him; forever.
She's The One was inspired by recognition.

That moment when someone stands apart from everyone else and becomes uniquely significant.

The song explores commitment, admiration, and emotional certainty.

Rather than focusing solely on romance, it examines the deeper qualities that create lasting connection.

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so easy

Watchillie
Yo
Summer in the city
Brooklyn
Ha
Watch me work

Summertime humid
Chillin on the curbside
Fat boys playin
Flip cassette to b-side
Concrete steaming
Taxi roll the right side
Downtown brooklyn
Where I keep my mind’s eye
Shorties on the corner
Skirts be fitting just right
Had to step up on it
Game be kickin all night
Lookie here baby
Come over to the cool side
I know it’s hot and sticky
But I can be your riptide

Reach out let me take you
Take you on a dream ride
No magic carpet
This one comes from inside
All I need’s a moment
Just one little chance
Let me show you now
Girl

It’s so easyyyyy
Easy for a guy like me
To want a girl like you
I said it’s so easyyyyy
Easy for a guy like me
To hold a queen so true
What the other boys don’t know
Is how to love a heart of gold
Worship you and praise your ways
Show you brighter better days
If you just put trust in me
Come on baby wait and see
That it is
So easy

She walked closer
Smile look dangerous
Said baby you can hold my hand
Then she whispered
If you got enough cash for us
Damn
That was not the master plan
Brothers in the back went wild
Laughin with a giant cackle
Had me lookin like a fool
Caught up in the south side tackle
Maybe cause I’m still too young
Maybe game ain’t fully clean
Maybe love in summertime
Ain’t exactly what it seems

Ooooohhhh
Learn fast young brother
Ooooohhhh
Heat makes hearts stutter
Ooooohhhh
One day I’ma glide real smooth
Tonight I just learned the rules

It ain’t so easyyyyy
Easy for a guy like me
To get a girl like you
No it ain’t so easyyyyy
But one day baby wait and see
I’ll know just what to do
Till then I’m coolin on the block
Boom box bangin round the clock
And life is
So easy

Flip the tape
Side b
Summer forever
Brooklyn
Watchillie

So Easy was inspired by late 1980's and early 1990's R&B. The song is sung by a group describing their lives and experience in New York City as teenagers during a hot summer day. They are describing with swagger their attempts to gain the attention of cute girls. Typical of that time-frame  the guys are bragging to each other how they will gain the attention and favor of the woman. 

It turns out not to be as easy as intended.

So Easy reflects on relationships that feel natural rather than forced.

The song celebrates compatibility, comfort, and mutual understanding.

Ease is often misunderstood as a lack of effort.

The song suggests that the healthiest relationships still require work, but the work feels worthwhile because both people are moving in the same direction.
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sunrise

Mmmm
Yeah
Night slowly falls away

Shadows danced across my ceiling
Cold air wrapped around my skin
Every breath felt disconnected
Like I’d never rise again
Empty rooms and silent questions
Faded photographs in gray
Then your light touched through my window
And slowly pulled me into day

Now the sky begins to open
Colors spill across the blue
And the warmth I thought was missing
Finds its way to me through you

I sit and watch the sunrise
Feel your warmth awaken my soul
Light pours across these tired eyes
Healing places nobody knows
And as the morning reaches high
I feel my spirit come alive
I sit and watch
Watch the rising sun

Your voice moves soft just like the windbreak
Through the darkest parts of me
Every touch becomes a promise
Every breath a place to breathe
What was broken slowly softens
What was hollow fills again
Like the dawn across the horizon
You bring color where I’ve been

You are the gold across the water
After endless shades of blue
You are the fire inside the distance
Pulling me back home to you
And every road that left me wandering
Every fear I held inside
Falls away beneath your glow now
As the sun begins to rise

I sit and watch the sunrise
Feel your warmth awaken my soul
Light pours across these tired eyes
Healing places nobody knows
And as your light fills all the sky
I finally feel myself revive
I sit and watch
Watch the rising sun
Sunrise
Sunrise
Watchillie


Sunrise is written from the view of a man who is in love with a woman and her smile, heart and soul illuminate him like the sun. 

All he yearns to do is be in her presence and be warmed and enlightened by her.

Sunrise was inspired by renewal, optimism, and the beginning of new chapters.

The song captures the feeling of possibility that accompanies fresh starts.

The sunrise symbolizes hope.

Every day offers opportunities to learn, grow, reconnect, and begin again.

The song encourages listeners to focus on possibility rather than limitation.
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syncopate

Breathe
Sleep
Breathe
Sleep
Watchillie

Feel you lay
Next to me
Syncopate
Into three
Heart to heart
Soul to soul
Rhythm makes
The broken whole
Spirit move
Naturally
You and me
In harmony
Every touch
Every wave
Syncopate
The love we made

Breathe
Feel
Syncopate
Breathe
Feel
Syncopate
Move with me
Slowly babe
Hearts collide
Then oscillate
Breathe
Feel
Syncopate

In unison we dream
Exhale upon the beat
Hearts pulsate rhythmically
Eyes closed but we still see
Connection lives unseen
Beyond all space and time
Floating through eternity
Your frequency meets mine
Stillness brings clarity
Shared love sets us free
All possibilities
Inside our harmony

Move
Move to the dance
Move
Move to the dance

Move with me
Slowly babe
Hearts collide
Then oscillate
Breathe
Feel
Syncopate

Through growing and showing

Built something stronger
That time could not sever
A family formed
Through pressure and weather
Two souls connected
Forever and ever

We celebrate
We syncopate

Life reveals
Flaws and fears
Storms and scars
Through the years
Darkness clouds
Hearts sometimes
Still your spirit
Touches mine
Meditate
Resonate
Elevate
Radiate
When the world
Complicates
Love remains
We syncopate

Breathe
Feel
Syncopate
Move with me
Slowly babe
Hearts collide
Then oscillate
Breathe
Feel
Syncopate

Sleep
Breathe
Sleep
Breathe

Syncopate is written from the perspective of a man slow dancing with a woman. He is whispering to her how he feels and describes their unity and is endeavoring to seduce her.
Syncopate celebrates rhythm, chemistry, and the beauty that emerges when different elements come together in unexpected ways.

The song draws from both musical and relational inspiration.

Syncopation creates interest by disrupting expectation.

The song explores how the most memorable relationships often emerge not because two people are identical, but because their differences create balance, tension, and harmony.
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At its heart, Zep Tepi is about connection.

Throughout the album, listeners encounter recurring themes such as:

Romance
Desire
Vulnerability
Commitment
Longing
Nostalgia
Emotional honesty
Celebration

Unlike many contemporary songs that focus on spectacle, Zep Tepi embraces the idea that genuine emotion is powerful enough on its own.

The album reflects an era when songs were allowed to breathe, harmonies mattered, musicianship mattered, and stories mattered.

More than a tribute to a musical period, Zep Tepi is a tribute to the emotional authenticity that made that period special.