1. |
Shallow
02:44
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as weave flow thru rye lane
we cut arms for searching
falling her skin peeled,
yellow
fever
died,
last week
what is the part that i play
in-
sight
some see diversion
mouse traps for beauty
caught trapping
move food,
down longer than length,
allow
call brazil, peru
virgin, mary madonna
adopting versions of you,
with
murder symbol
sat upon your breast
what ends you be residing in ?
they got twerkiiin teens and porno bible
grime daily and postcode rivals
revelation shelf bound
straight neglect
estates doing straight g checks like,
where you from my g !?
not from round here see,
then why your eyes lookin’ ?
get shanked standard front page
black male epidemic
we deep in detritus!
i *cough*
blood bleeding
after blows
have knocked all
front teeth out and
left sense reeling
for scrapping of asphalt floors,
rescue reprieve i find in sleep
and silence,
death has been unpaused,
foretold in ancient ancient
scroll
browse till you turn
plenty old
never leave me restless
breathe to control thee
came and we came to
from distance bled
blue
and in it
i
and in it
i,
found you.
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2. |
Deep End
02:36
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i went
swimming
i i i
went swimming
in the deep end
in the deep end
in the deep
end
verse
i went swimming in the deep end
lost all of my ends
lost all of my friends
nearly lost my life
man!
cut deep
i went to sleep
and bloody bloodied
all my sheets
dream turned to night MARE
couldn’t fight or flight HERE
madness up in the ends
they killed my cousin
murdered …
i went swimming in the deep end
lost all of my friends
lost all of my ends
nearly lost my life
man!
cut deep
i went to sleep
and bloody bloodied
all my sheets
dream turned to night MARE
couldn’t fight or flight HERE
madness up in the ends
they killed my cousin
murdered him!
refrain
in the deep end
it depends
on how you fortify your soul
STOP
your body growing old
STOP
your body growing cold
there’s wonders to behold!
behold behold behold behold!
plant that seed in the soil
make it turn gold
flower unfold!
i said i said i said
in the deep end
it depends
on how you fortify your soul
STOP
your body growing old
STOP
your body growing cold
there’s wonders to behold!
behold behold behold behold
plant that seed in the soil
make it turn gold
flower unfold
i said i said i said
in the deep end
it depends
on how you fortify your soul
STOP
your body growing old
STOP
your body growing cold
there’s wonders to behold!
behold behold behold behold
plant that seed in the soil
make it turn gold
flower unfold
outro
in the deep end
in the deep end
in the deep
End!
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3. |
Towel
00:38
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4. |
Poolside View
02:57
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this is what I saw
from a pool side view
from a pool side view
best dial friend on how to be a man my friend
nuff wastemen uncles and fathers polluting the ends,
absence be their ting
what-a-fucking-joke-ting
man i wanna choke ting
especially their throat
throw them off a boat
now they be dr dr dr drow-ning
si si si si si si sinking
Shit!
bad vibes got in a my head
i wish they fled
they be taking up
nuff space my g
like these men
referred to before
ain’t bringing no bread
empty shelves galore
that mumsie filling
all by herself
hol tight, she’ll soon find wealth,
ina herself,
bun those men that be on a
peculiar emptiness self focused
narcissistic laziness
they be cursed by
culture and christ stagnation
a blindness that blinds
immigrant frustration
the plane left but the
body still. waiting
this is what i saw from a pool side view!
this is what i saw from a pool side view!
this is what i saw from a pool side view!
this is what i saw from a pool side view!
my mother my aunty my sister
my g g g grandmama my daughter too
i say please, think twice
before rolling the dice
on familial ties
might cut and vampire bleed your life
parasite mosquito some do bite
leaving plenty scars and wounds that
might, turn
septic when that raw reality bites
chews perception and surely blinds
love and light, peace of mind
return to sight if you don't want to find
loved ones floating
in watery confines
this is what i saw from a pool side view!
this is what i saw from a pool side view!
this is what i saw from a pool side view!
this is what i saw from a pool side view!
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5. |
Holy Wata
03:05
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i got holy
wholly
holy water hit
i got holy
wholly
holy water hit
i i got holy
wholly
holy water hit
post chorus
bap-tizum
heat done turn cold
my blood lines
dey be lost in a limbo
forceps crush my aunts head
till life no longer she
know
the
priest can’t save me
andrew
nor peter
matthew mark luke john
mute button turn
on
no gospel for me me
me me me me
the
priest can’t save me
andrew
nor peter
matthew mark luke john
mute button turn
on
no gospel for me me
me me me me
chorus
i got holy
wholly
holy water hit
i got holy
wholly
holy water hit
i i got holy wholly
holy water hit
verse two
bap-tizum
heat done turn cold
my blood lines
dey be lost in a limbo
forceps crush my aunts head
till life no longer she
know
chorus
i got holy
wholly
holy water hit
i got holy
wholly
holy water hit
i i got holy wholly
holy water hit
verse three
best
d douse me in flames
mere water can’t save me
child of the nineties
yet feel like i’m eighty
old man with young bod
tears make my heart throb
got asthma from trauma
i can’t breathe lady
douse me in flames
mere water can’t save me
child of the nineties
yet feel like i’m eighty
old man with young bod
tears make my heart throb
got asthma from trauma
i can’t breathe lady
douse me in flames mere
water can't
save me save me save me
save me
chorus
i got holy
wholly
holy water hit
i got holy
wholly
holy water hit
i i got holy wholly
holy water hit
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6. |
Splash
03:52
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we would dragon ball z
under water see see
in pool of our lightness
found likeness that be
we would dragon ball z
under water see see
in pool of our lightness
found likeness that be
reflected in droplet
filing basin to brim
nun that overflowin’
we got memories of joy
joy bringing flashback
smile back to face black
do best remember
as whip cracks on bare back
welts in mind,
black out
Chorus
verse
as
weight of world lifted
from young head
rest on a pillow
i dream of a new bed,
in water i bled not blue
as lasting light shone now thru
thru glass creating anew
image i shake not
grounded in lightness
and likeness for timely departure,
splash and kamahameha
spirit bombiiin away splashiiin
over the water and waves
grounded in lightness
and likeness for timely departure,
spirit bombiiin away splashiiin
over the water and waves
Splash
Splash
Chorus
Coby Sey:
"You're home, you're away, from birth to bereaved, ever moving, submerged and consumed, in phases of blue that's forever anewed
just like the womb, we are bathed... in a mode of sleep that we face, that we face..."
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7. |
Pour
03:35
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the body as cup was
taken to well and
filled up
now
i
verse one
all alone late night notebook
hold me close tight
can’t sleep toss turn
vision deep
well drink
now life source
vitality
make me sink
what do i drench
what do i see
when i have too
empty what be inside of thee
every bit bit part of me
tryna maintain sanity
not be drenched by
life that
be
death knell belling me
sh sh shelling me
hailstone drillin me
raindrop death in me
bun those two degrees
death still come
my way in threes
W w water scathing me
eyes wide shut hear mockery
can’t hear ears
taunting me
hand shaking saw prophecy
burst bank levee genesis
bickle whipping taxi see
gilgamesh board boat
toat beaucoup ting
wey float float
free from flood
that
chorus
POUR POUR
POUR POUR
POUR POUR
POUR POUR
verse two
all men too many many
many many men
hold it close tight
bottle burst flood
drown sight
say I’m
ok
but I’m not
alright,
got bare callouses
wounds
inside,
salt water
swell
bring
bacteria parasite,
saw shell on sea shore
crawled inside
crustacean crushed
by, outside
libation cup
pour for the outcry
remember love
her face her smile
cry for tears
unfallen
inside
libation cup
pour for the outcry
chorus
POUR POUR
POUR POUR
POUR POUR
POUR POUR
verse three
they say crying is a female
hobby
all alone
late night
notebook
hold me close tight
till i fall sleep
arms be pen pages
unveiling what heart held
close,
clown face
mask the many many
tear filled
days + nights
i be drowning in
asking quietly
where can i go to
chorus
POUR POUR
POUR POUR
POUR POUR
POUR POUR
outro
the body as cup was
taken to well and
filled up
now
i
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8. |
Drowning
01:19
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drowning drowning
drowning (throughout)
the sun it is scathing my soul
the heat it is turning me cold
the sharks swim around my moat
man a can't see
can't swim
can't float
poured in too deep im drowning
submerged in sea im drowning
abyss captured me im drowning
death death dey came for me
man a be submerged in sea
eye looking but cannot see
death death dey came for me
man a be submerged in sea
eye looking but cannot see
i can't see
i can't see
drowning drowning
drowning
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9. |
Shore
00:32
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10. |
Mami Wata
03:52
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Mami wata
mami wata found me
in the depths of the sea
she pumped water from chest
now i breathe now i’m blessed
Now I am blessed
mami wata found me
in the depths of the sea
she pumped water from chest
now i breathe now i am blessed
Now I am blessed
i, i was, choking on the water
that be life, took way my breath
now liquid, it exit chest
i can breathe
i am blessed
r-e-s-c-u-e-d
mami wata did save me
she found me in deepest depths of sea
now i can breathe
now i am free
r-e-s-c-u-e-do
mami wata did save me
she found me in deepest depths of sea
now i can breathe
now i am free
Now I am free
mami wata found me
in the depths of the sea
she pumped water from chest
now i breathe now i am blessed
Mami wata she found me
mami wata found me
in the depths of the sea
she pumped water from chest
now i breathe now I am blessed
Now I am blessed
m-a-m-i w-a-t-a
found me in deepest depths
and did say
canya me, my pikin
and get free free free
m-a-m-i w-a-t-a
found me in deepest depths
and did say
canya me pikin
and get free free free
mami wata found me
in the depths of the bluest deep sea
she pumped water from chest
now i breathe now i’m blessed
mami wata she found me
in the depths of the bluest deep sea
she pumped water from chest
now i breathe now i’m blessed
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11. |
Float
00:07
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12. |
Exit
03:05
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La La La
La La La La La
La La La La La La La
verse one
i got droplets
essence of life
flowing of me need towel
to dry
better yet get bottle
catch a water save a life
cause drought be coming soon
and whitey
running to moon ‘n’ mars
as if escape could undo scars
like
why you whip me so hard
man didn’t ask to come to your
yard
like,
why you whip me so hard
man didn’t ask to come to your
yard
is this a part of the master plan ?
if so, what part do I play
in am ?
bare bodies bruised long the way
bare bodies lost long the way
can one, find redededemption
for all off dem
and me tiday ?
(i pray)
chorus
La La La
La La La La La
La La La La La La La
verse two
but where do I go ?
black star liner
taking me home ?
marcus mosiah
setting me free ?
tubman tubman to
the 9th degree
is this
the underground railroad
b ?
where b redemption
fi we ?
dem ones can’t see
the urgency
we in same shit
different degree
dis dunyia tranga tranga
fi we
top bottom
1%
be chaining we
what be our
rebellion
plantation
fee ?
(we sing and we see...)
chorus
La La La
La La La La La
La La La La La La La
outro
i’m
packing my bags
going away
man is leaving
i cannot stay
movements deep
it’s getting
pretty
real pretty
so pretty
pretty
peak
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