• Music

    Gichugot (June 16 Update)

    By Joy Lynn Clark (BMI)(IAPWE) 03/04/2026 I just wrote this one lickety split. In real life, I had alot to say about this. Feel free to reach out if you want to get a performance license. Gitchugot By Joy Lynn Clark chorus You aint got money in the bank Try to get you got Saying that you sell drugs Just to get you got Can’t have sex Trying to get you got Telling people you in jail Getting you got Cant have shit On some getting you got Say it’s cause you sick Getting you got And you owe people money You deserve to get got never made that much…

  • Journal

    Looking For a Contract

    By Joy Lynn Clark August 18, 2022 Tez eventually caught some misdemeanor in another state. I didn’t know much about his status. What I did know was that he was locked up a short period of time followed by house arrest. Although I tried to sound positive when I heard the news, I figured that we were pretty much done for the moment. I was pissed because his project was underway. In the meantime, Shyste and I were pretty much on our own. I was doing the nightclub promo but it didn’t pay much. So I looked for work again. I need a day job! I was willing to just…

  • Journal

    Summertime in the country

    March 31, 2022 By Joy Lynn Clark Throughout my life I have always had a weekend trip or a vacation in the country. By country, I mean right around the lake in Michigan. I have been there many times. On mom’s side we would travel to our favorite orchard to pick apples and grapes. This orchard is the kind where patrons buy a wooden bushel basket and fill them up. We never did anything special with the apples we mainly just eat them for a snack. Grandma‘s real specialty was wine and vinegar. As a kid, I had plenty of vinegar to put on my greens. I never even had…

  • Music

    Lie, Cheat, & Steal

    5/8/2018 By Joy Lynn Clark I published this record a while back. In the English language there are many words for wrongdoing.  It is always some form of lying, cheating, and stealing.  A friend once told me this, and it is so true.

  • Early Music

    Shyste Shawnee

    05-26-2026 By Joy Lynn Clark Shyste Shawnee was my good friend and a good rapper that I collaborated with from 2000 to 2005. We made a few songs and we traveled to Miami and New Orleans. So this is Shyste’s old mixtape joint.

  • Journal

    Beach Glass

    By Joy Lynn Clark 04/18/2026 It was the summer of 2004 or 2005 when I met my son’s father at the studio.  I had never worked with my step niece-cousin before but I was excited. I called her my cousin because we were the exact same age even though she was my step niece really. People would shake their heads as I tried to explain to them that she is my stepbrother’s half sisters stepdaughter. She had just moved to the north side of Chicago from Dayton OH. When we arrived at the studio, we were stuck in the waiting area because the last group was still in session. My…

  • Journal

    OC

    By Joy Lynn Clark 1/27/2026 Back in the day I had lots of jobs.  Another one of my earliest positions was as a junior graphic designer for a design firm.  I did business card layouts and club flyers mostly.  I was still a production student but I had already taken graphic design classes and that was enough to get the job.  After about a month, I decided that the owner just was too cheap.  I was always begging and begging him to pay me.  Turns out, he also had a cell phone shop in the front portion of the office and he was like, “How about this cell phone instead?”.…