Trauma can sometimes lead to abusive behavior as a coping mechanism. The truth is that they only distract you from the pain. Once the numbness is gone, the trauma returns and will continue to do so until you find a way to deal with it and find closure. My therapy comes from music. It is in this 7 track EP that I dive head first into this pool of depression and learn to deal with these experiences and gain wisdom from them. I hope I can do the same for you! First of all I'd like to thank the creator above for providing me with this gift that I can share with those willing to listen and learn. I'd also like to thank my family for always encouraging me to follow my dreams and succeed in whatever I put my mind to. Thank you to my older brother Dario Lomeli for constantly pushing me to let go of that fear holding me back from truly expressing myself in song form and always believing in me. I also want to thank you for the baby mixing and mastering and the feature and for making me take the wheel and stop doubting or second-guessing myself when making decisions about my music. Thank you to all the people that contributed to the creation of this project. Thank you to Big Gene for the advice and more importantly providing the DragunzLair for the majority of the writing, recording and mixing sessions and also for providing the beats for my last two tracks. We got more work to do. Thank you to Donel Smokes aka Jacc Spade for the banger that became the single for this project and always letting me rock on your beats. Thank you to Jesus Acosta aka Jaystronamus for providing two Wadena St. bangers. Thank you to DJ Drastik for letting me write to a beat that was so personal to you and just trusting me to do my thang. Thank you to Marlo aka Weapon X for providing the fuel to the final track that 1Voize was able to record in the DragunzLair. Thank you to Mr. Sag N My Jeans for the mentorship, for allowing me to hop on a Donel Smokes beat, and bringing a fire verse and hook for the single. Thank you to my primo Dodger Blue for killing a verse on the single and for being yourself even if that means I have to put a parental advisory warning on an otherwise clean project (couldn't change 1 word smh). Thank you to Asia Brown for coming through with them vocals on a song that wouldn't be what it is or be able to close out my project without you. Thank you to AOD for being able to capture the shots I wanted for my artwork. It would not have been the same without your help. Last but not least thank you goes to the fans out there supporting me, believing in me and pushing me to get my songs out there for people to hear. I do it for you in hopes that my words can have a positive effect on your life! Throughout the pain endured in life comes the beauty that makes life worth living. I'm just happy to be here. -Kristastrophe 2017