Every so often a new artist comes along with a sound so innovative, they are able to help reshape the barriers that confine mainstream music. Meet Outasight, the Yonkers, New York bred musician who brilliantly weaves together the cadenced sounds of popular hip-hop and indie rock with the poignant sensibility of classic pop and soul music to create a fresh, new sound that is all his own. “People are conditioned to see certain images for different genres of music,” says the 27 year-old songwriter. “So if something looks or sounds out of the norm, it’s more difficult to understand at first.”
Growing up an only child in the suburbs of New York City, Outasight’s parents encouraged his insatiable love for making music from a very young age. When he was 8 yearsold, he taught himself to write songs on a guitar passed down from his father. “I was surrounded by thousands of records as a kid,” says Outasight who grew up emulating the diverse sounds he was surrounded by all his life. “I listened to a lot of classic rock, and pop, like the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, The Who, and also soul artists like Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye. My friends and I would form bands and practice in someone’s basement and then I would go to school and write raps and spit raps on the playground. They were like duel personalities in a sense.”
During his junior year of high school, Outasight started venturing into the city, seeking out open mics where he was able to fine tune his own material in front of live audiences. “I used to perform a lot in Brooklyn at a place called Sputnik,” says Outasight. “It would be a very diverse crowd and I would rap and start singing and they would be like, what the hell is going on right now? Who is this White kid acting all crazy? But there were always people that liked it so I always took any type of acceptance as the fuel to go further.” After performing in the big city for a couple of years, the resourceful young artist started to gain confidence and create some extremely valuable music industry connections. He toyed with the idea of going to college but after taking classes on and off for close to five years, Outasight realized it was foolish not to capitalize on the name he had created for himself in the City’s burgeoning independent music scene.
In 2006, he decided to drop out of college for good and pursue music full time. The following year, he released a mixtape called Employee Of The Year with the help of his friend and business partner Dre Bond. The two started a new company to help promote Outasight appropriately named Daily Grind Music. After promoting the tape on Myspace and up and coming music blogs, Outasight and Daily Grind released his second project, Radio New York in June of ’08 which was featured on the Myspace Home page for three consecutive days—a tremendous feat for any new, unsigned artist. “The amount of people that I got exposed to was incredible,” says Outasight. “We were getting like 50 thousand plays a day! Dre and I made a video for one of the mixtape’s songs, ‘Good Evening’ that fall we got the video on MTV after winning the MTVU Freshman competition.”
In March of 2009, Outasight released his third mixtape, From There To Here, with world renowned hip-hop DJ Mick Boogie and a month later was asked to open for Ryan Leslie at NYC’s SOB’s. After winning over the packed house with his live show, Outasight’s manager, Norman “Storm” Bell of Purfek Storm Management, secured a meeting with Asylum Records CEO Todd Moscowitz who was instantly taken by the multi-talented MC’s growing body of work. That October, Outasight signed a deal with Asylum. Soon after his signing, Outasight released his latest mixtape Further. The project was sponsored by LRG clothing and was his most successful release to date, garnering over a hundred thousand downloads and counting. Due to its overwhelming popularity, Asylum is set to release Further as an EP exclusively on ITunes in March 2010 while Outasight continues to craft his first full length commercial release, the aptly titled, From Here to Eternity. “The concept behind my album is one person’s quest from the present moment to being timeless,” he says, “It’s something that lives way beyond me, it’s about the quest.”
On August 17th, 2010, Outasight released his latest mixtape, Never Say Never, again to much critical acclaim.
Now or Never
Outasight Lyrics
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When you start to think about taking a chance you can't give a damn
Huh I'm a hopeless romantic fell in love with a simple idea
With a little bit luck and a whole lotta work
I can make everyone of these visions real
So we don't care what the people say
And we don't care what they want to do
I ain't wasting a no more time its now or never
I'm about to get mine It's now or never I'm about to get mine It's now or never
Whoa it's now or never
Whoa it's now or never
We don't care what the people say
And we don't care what they want to do
And we don't care about it anymore
We do what we want I ain't wasting a no more time
Its now or never I'm about to get mine
It's now or never I'm about to get mine
It's now or never
It's time to decide if its worth the fight or letting it slide
And I drew the line at wasting away or waiting to be saved
Yay y'all made my own luck in my head on straight and kicked up the dust
And the money well it don't mean much I did it for the love and that was enough
The way I dreamed it ain't the way it played out missed
Every road that looked to be the safe route
No directions I made my way out I don't give a damn what they say no way now
We don't care what the people say
And we don't care what they want to do
And we don't care about it anymore
We do what we want I ain't wasting a no more time
Its now or never I'm about to get mine
It's now or never I'm about to get mine It's now
Whoa it's now or never
Whoa it's now or never
We don't care what the people say
And we don't care what they want to do
And we don't care about it anymore
We do what we want I ain't wasting a no more time
Its now or never I'm about to get mine
It's now or never I'm about to get mine
It's now or never
I'm about to get mine mine mine Its about that time
We don't care what the people say
and we don't care what they want to do
And we don't care about it anymore
We do what we want I ain't wasting a no more time
Its now or never I'm about to get mine
It's now or never I'm about to get mine It's now or never
Whoa it's now or never
Whoa it's now or never
We don't care what the people say
And we don't care what they want to do
And we don't care about it anymore
We do what we want I ain't wasting a no more time
Its now or never I'm about to get mine
It's now or never I'm about to get mine It's now or never
Outasight’s song “Now or Never” is all about taking a chance and going after your dreams. The lyrics talk about the singer being a hopeless romantic, in love with the idea of making his dreams a reality. The song encourages people to stop worrying about what others think and to do what they want. The chorus repeats the phrase “Now or Never”, emphasizing the importance of taking action in the present moment.
The lines “And I can't believe forever it seems to live out these dreams” suggest that achieving one’s dreams can seem impossible or out of reach. Despite this, the singer asserts that taking a chance is worth it. The lines “And the money well it don't mean much / I did it for the love and that was enough” imply that the pursuit of personal passion is more important than financial gain.
The theme of the song is universal and inspiring. It encourages listeners to have courage and to pursue their passions, even in the face of uncertainty. The upbeat tempo and catchy melody make it a fun and energetic song to listen to.
Line by Line Meaning
And I can't believe forever it seems to live out these dreams
I am amazed that I can fulfill my dreams for what seems like an eternity.
When you start to think about taking a chance you can't give a damn
When you decide to take a risk, you cannot care about what others think or say.
Huh I'm a hopeless romantic fell in love with a simple idea
I am a romantic who fell in love with the idea of making my dreams come true.
With a little bit luck and a whole lotta work
I need both luck and hard work to succeed.
I can make everyone of these visions real
I can turn all my dreams into reality.
So we don't care what the people say
We do not pay attention to what others say or think.
And we don't care what they want to do
We do not care about the actions or desires of others.
And we don't care about it anymore we do what we want
We no longer care about anything else and only do what we want to do.
I ain't wasting a no more time its now or never
I will not waste any more time and will act now or never.
I'm about to get mine It's now or never I'm about to get mine It's now or never
I am determined to achieve my goals and will do it now or never.
It's time to decide if its worth the fight or letting it slide
It is time to determine if it is worth fighting for or letting go of my dreams.
And I drew the line at wasting away or waiting to be saved
I refuse to waste away or wait for someone to save me and will take action myself.
Yay y'all made my own luck in my head on straight and kicked up the dust
I created my own luck, kept focused, and took action to succeed.
And the money well it don't mean much I did it for the love and that was enough
Money was not very important, I did it for the love of achieving my dreams and that was enough.
The way I dreamed it ain't the way it played out missed
The way I imagined it was not how it actually happened, and I missed some opportunities.
Every road that looked to be the safe route
Every path that seemed safe actually did not lead to success.
No directions I made my way out I don't give a damn what they say no way now
Without any guidance, I found my own way and do not care about what others say or think anymore.
I'm about to get mine mine mine Its about that time
It is time for me to achieve my goals and success is imminent.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Spirit Music Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: ANDREW GOLDSTEIN, JEFF FENSTER, KARA E. DIOGUARDI, RICHARD ANDREW CONTE
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Brian Coletti
It blows my mind how this song hasn't cracked every top ten list... let alone have under 1M views. Such a great pump up / feel good song!
Rafael Ojeda
@Chelle Mi-Lyn 2021 and still a great song!
Chelle Mi-Lyn
2019 and its still great. Btw, Devinsupertramp version manage to rake 6mil views
Brendan Shaw
same 2k17 and still a great song
Kenzi Jackson
Survivor Series 2012. I remember this so much!
Jocivalter Hagedorn
Survivor Series 2012 brought me here.
BestInTheWorld 13x
Yep
Sergio Enrique
Ah ok
Eric Barroso
I don't know why but this song brings back memories from November of 2012 :')
isaicasanova42nd
Hahaha ! I thought the same. " Memories back from 2012. "