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Post by onikastallion on Jul 15, 2021 23:00:14 GMT -5
Título: Damn Society. Artista: Onika Stallion. Data de Lançamento: 16 de julho de 2021. Duração: 59 minutos. Gêneros: Hip-Hop, R&B, Trap, Rap. Produção: Onika Stallion. Composição: Onika Stallion. Gravadora: Relapse Records, a division of Republic Records.
Onika Stallion lança o seu primeiro álbum nas grandes plataformas digitais. O álbum que conta a história de vida da rapper, mostra também os dois lados da moeda vivenciada pela sociedade, dando ênfase maior à sociedade negra. Além de exaltar a cultura negra, a cantora exalta a figura feminina como símbolo maior encontrado na Terra. Isso já era de se esperar, visto que as primeiras entrevistas após o lançamento de Futuristic Woman, foram baseadas nesse contexto. O lead single do álbum, Futuristic Woman, também apresenta diversas características que associam a essa introdução. O álbum que conta a longa caminhada da rapper até os dias atuais, traz também batidas contagiantes e alegres para que o seu público aceite o projeto de braços abertos. Damn Society é uma forte jornada pela intimidade da Queen Onika, processo realizado junto à símbolos, personagens e passagens bíblicas, começando do título do álbum mais o fato de ele ter sido lançado em julho, um mês de extrema importância para a rapper.
A rapper tem a brilhante sacada de se apropriar dos estereótipos dado as mulheres negras, para mostrar que elas ganharam alguns rótulos pois não se submetem, como os de que todas são nervosas ou briguentas. Mostra também que o discurso feminista de união comunitária já era empregado pelas mesmas muito antes, e indo além, é corajosa em utilizar termos tidos como tabu pela própria comunidade. Além disso, a artista volta às raízes e não esconde a amargura nas letras de seu novo álbum, predominado por composições densas e assuntos poucos comentados como o aborto que sofreu na adolescência e a morte de seus parentes mais próximos. Todo o enredo do projeto acontece no Texas, mais especificamente em Houston, cidade onde a rapper nasceu, conhecida por sua história mística e cultural afro-americana.
PROPOSIÇÕES APRESENTADAS
I – Direitos Civis e Violência Policial
Em ''Rise Up'', momento onde o álbum começa a mudar o tom, Stallion adentra fortemente nas questões raciais contemporâneas e refere-se à violência policial contra negros. Rise Up fala sobre negritude na América traz mães de jovens negros assassinados pela polícia, incluindo Michael Brown e Eric Garner. "Liberdade, liberdade, onde você está? Porque eu também preciso de liberdade” e “vou continuar a correr, porque uma vencedora não desiste dela mesma" são frases que ela canta.
II – Malcolm X
Onika cita uma frase do líder revolucionário negro Malcolm X, assassinado em 1965 aos 39 anos. "A mulher mais desrespeitada da América é a mulher negra. A pessoa mais desprotegida da América é a mulher negra", canta ela para, em seguida, utilizar trechos de discurso do militante, como "Uma vez motivado, ninguém mais é capaz de mudar tão completamente quanto alguém que esteve no fundo do poço".
III – Escravidão
Todos escolheram a morte ao invés da escravidão. É possível perceber como a personagem se encontra num estado de quase morte, mas sempre com tons dourados ao seu redor, de forma a transparecer uma ideia de força e luz. Isso fica extremamente evidente na construção da faixa intitulada ‘’Bondage’’.
IV – Intuição
O espaço em questão se assemelha ao interior de castelos ganeses, como o "Elmina Castle", onde os escravizados eram trazidos e mantidos até serem vendidos para as demais cidades das Américas. O passado e o presente se fundem aqui porque ela é forçada a tomar uma decisão, o perdão ou o abandono. Enquanto isso, seguimos com a personagem angustiada, presa em seus medos, por isso o uso das roupas pretas e em frente ao mundo. Em contraste a isso, cabe citar a metáfora que é, a Stallion ajoelhada em frente a um palco, no vídeo de Win Again, como se sua relação pessoal em ruínas estivesse sido apresentada ao público.
V – Amor
Um dos elementos mais chamativos de Damn Society é a sintonia entre o amor e Onika Stallion. Durante todo momento em que Onika e o amor cantam juntos, eles funcionam em uma perfeita harmonia, principalmente no fechamento do disco, em “Futuristic Woman’’. Mesmo assim, o disco tem um brilho maior na estrela de Stallion e as suas críticas, que explicita mais do que nunca seu talento nos momentos de rap do álbum, e aumenta o seu leque de dons.
VI – Urgência e Relevância
A rapper não hesitou em aclamar a negritude, exemplo disso é a letra da música ''Lust''. Aqui a discussão é bem séria, começando novamente com uma introdução que fala de amor. “E há o amor da humanidade. Esse é o amor que é agora mais necessário”, diz o trecho para logo depois as referências começarem. Martin Luther King, Malcolm X e os ataques policiais sofridos por pessoas negras, inclusive com o nome de Trayvon Martin. Além das críticas à violência, a canção fala também de como a cultura negra é comprada e apropriada por brancos, mas as pessoas de cor continuam sofrendo racismo.
ENCARTE VISUAL DO ÁLBUM E CRÉDITOS PRINCIPAIS
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Post by onikastallion on Jul 15, 2021 23:16:28 GMT -5
001 - VITIMISM
Onika Stallion abre seu primeiro álbum de estúdio com a faixa intitulada Vitimism. Aqui, é retratada a vida da rapper, desde o nascimento da sua mãe até os dias atuais. Onika caminha e abre seu coração, mostrando um pouco mais da sua intimidade familiar, relatando os conflitos vividos durante a sua infância, além de mostrar um pouco do lado sombrio do seu irmão mais velho, que já foi preso e tem diversas passagens pela polícia, porém, é amado pela rapper.
LYRICS
PRE I'm talkin' 'bout my brand and you talkin' 'bout your brands The difference is a lot of MMMMMMMMMMs to your couple hundred grand Relapse Records! Shout out to my fans for signing a lil chick from Queens New York City
VERSE 01 I'm a brand accordin' to what retail say Yeah my tours be sellin' out on presale day Plus I got the title queen stream, press replay Testified for my nigga to the DA's face One time for this super old PA case I'm still schoolin' bitches like GA State And I'ma still ball, call me T.D. Jakes Bars for years, niggas thought I did a bid I'm draggin' these hoes like Harambe did the kid Shut the club down, it was poppin' then we slid I call my pussy liquor, I ain't talkin' 'bout a swig But if you thirsty, I own a sangria Shout out to Fox Brown, I don't mean Pam Grier I got a sign that say "Lames can't hang here" Bats eyelashes, blank stare He be like, "You came?, " I be like, "You came?" He say my ride game smoother than a Muslanne Every time they count me out I be like, "You sane?" Bitch I come back like Jordan in his flu game Every time I shoot it, it be all net I give him ostrich, that mean all neck Anything he need, I got on deck And go to sleep playin' with his ballsack
VERSE 02 Hahahah... Aaaaah! Rrrrrr... They wanna know my recipe They know I ball like the niggas at the ES-PYs Strung out on the pussy so I call her Crystal Methanine Shorty tryna give me brain like telepathy Ayo Sinceré, get Chanel bags Got a bitch lookin' like Chanel ads Chillin' out in dem Beverly Hill pads I gave bitches time but they still mad Si, está loco If my bitch don't like you, yo tampoco Me Dorothy and you Toto Now put some marshmallows in my cocoa Mmm. Tastes good... Hahah... Yo, don't ever talk about Onika in the past-tense Unless I fly pass that ass in a fast Bent' Fuck outta here you dumb bitch You know I'm pretty, and I'm witty, and I'm dumb rich You throw shade, but I sun bitch And now you know what I'ma say, you my son, bitch Yikes, yikes, yikes, yikes... Keep me rollin', Juice. Hold on, hold on, keep me rollin' Juiiiiice. Like I ain't make all these bitches want a fat ass at some point Hahahahahaaaaa Like I ain't make these bitches rock pink hair at some point! Hahahahah! Rrrrr! Oh my God! Wait, God is good Lemme, lemme testify, God is good Shoutout to my fans, I love y'all so much too I miss y'all so much too Ooouuu! Hahaha Ooouuu! Uh! Like I ain't make a lot of bitches start spitting metaphors and all of that Mm, queen back...
FINAL VERSE Uh, uh, uh I fly like paper, I get high like planes If you catch me at the border I got visas in my name I got visas in my name, I got visas in my name If you catch me at the border I got visas in my name Th-this is my reign, que-queen is my name You, dutty gyal, nuh dare in my lane Watch unu mouth, wa-watch what unu say This is my game, so watch how unu play
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Post by onikastallion on Jul 15, 2021 23:21:37 GMT -5
002 - ALIVE
Dando continuidade à sua história apresentada na primeira faixa, a rapper trouxe nesta canção, um lado ainda mais profundo sobre a sua família, não deixando de exaltar tudo que colheu e aprendeu durante a sua caminhada. Em letras, a música é um relato sóbrio de uma ampla gama de desafios pessoais o rapper tem enfrentado em sua vida, a partir de relações tensas com sua família para o assassinato de seu primo, Nicholas Telemaque, em julho de 2011. Stallion abre a canção com uma reflexão sobre a fama e a velocidade com que a vida se move para a frente.
LYRICS
VERSE 01 Yo, I had to reinvent, I put the V in vent I put the heat in vents, man I been competin' since I look beyond what people sayin', and I see intent Then I just sit back and decipher, what they really meant Cherish these nights, cherish these people Life is a movie, but there will never be a sequel And I'm good with that, as long as I'm peaceful As long as sevens years from now, I'm taking my daughter to preschool Cherish these days, man do they go quick Just yesterday, I swear it was '06 Ten years ago, that's when you proposed I look down, yes I suppose
PRE CHORUS All things go, all things go All things go, all things go
CHORUS I feel one minute, yeah we got it then it's gone While we keep waiting for a moment to live for So can't nobody ever tell me that I'm wrong 'Cause I'ma ride out with you still the night is young We keep goin', we go, we go, we go We wake back up and do it all again (And we know, we know) say fuck the world, we ridin' until the end When all is said and done, look what we've become I just want you to know that I did it for you
VERSE 02 I lost my little cousin to a senseless act of violence His sister said, he wanted to stay with me, but I didn't invite him Why didn't he ask, or am I just buggin'? 'Cause since I got fame, they don't act the same Even though they know, that I love him Family ties, broken before me, niggas tryna kill him, he ain't even call me And that's the reflection of me, yes I get it, I get it, it was all me I pop a pill and remember the look in his eyes, the last day he saw me
PRE CHORUS All things go, all things go All things go, all things go
CHORUS I feel one minute, yeah we got it then it's gone While we keep waiting for a moment to live for So can't nobody ever tell me that I'm wrong 'Cause I'ma ride out with you still the night is young We keep goin', we go, we go, we go We wake back up and do it all again (And we know, we know) say fuck the world, we ridin' until the end When all is said and done, look what we've become I just want you to know that I did it for you
VERSE 03 Let me make this clear I'm not difficult, I'm just 'bout my business I'm not into fake industry parties, and fake agendas Rock with people for how they make me feel not what they give me Even the ones that hurt me the most, I still show forgiveness I love my mother more than life itself, and that's a fact I'd give it all, if somehow I could just rekindle that She never understands, why I'm so overprotective The more I work, the more I feel like, somehow they're neglected I want 'Caiah to go to college, just to say, "We did it!" My child with Aaron, would've have been sixteen, any minute So in some ways I feel like 'Caiah, is the both of them It's like he's 'Caiah's little angel, looking over him And I know Jelani will always love me, and I'll always love him And I'm just his little sister not Onika Stallion when I'm around him Jee we did it, let's leave this imprint Just finished writing, this is Damn Society
PRE CHORUS All things go, all things go All things go, all things go
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Post by onikastallion on Jul 15, 2021 23:25:51 GMT -5
003 - HELP
A canção retrata um R&B clássico, onde a rapper mostra toda a sua potência vocal. Quem nunca tentou esconder os sentimentos para evitar sofrimentos? Onika assume em Help que preferiu se afastar de seu amor com medo de ter o coração partido. Surpreendentemente, a rapper mostra versatilidade vocal ao atingir notas altas e descartar cantoras de apoio para fazer o próprio refrão.
LYRICS
PRE VERSE I lied, I lied, I lied To keep you from breaking my heart Even though I said I didn't love you I lied, I lied Even though I said I didn't need you I lied, I lied To keep you from breaking my heart, ooh To keep you from breaking my heart, ooh Even though I said, "Don't touch me" I lied, I lied
VERSE 01 I can't fall for you, can't give my all to you Can't let you think that I'ma let the game stall for you Gotta protect me, you gotta sweat me You said you thought you was ready and I said let's see But I ain't mean that, I need some f- proof 'Cause what happens if I fall in love then you cut me loose? You just a heart breaker, won't let you break mine 'Cause I'll be smashing windows and cutting them brake lines
PRE VERSE 02 I lied 'Cause who knew that if I just let myself go with you Who knows? Who knows? So I lied To keep you from breaking my heart, ooh To keep you from breaking my heart, ooh Even though I said, "F- you" I lied, I lied
VERSE 02 I thought eventually you would let me go That was my insecurities and my ego Missed my jump shot missed my free throw Miss the way we kiss miss the D, yo Man it was good while it lasted That sh- wasn't real it was magic If it was a record it would have been classic But f- you though, orgasmic I guess this is what I gotta do to keep me from falling Stalling the truth, who knew what you'd do if I let you in? My mama ain't raised no fool, I I'm not your usual typical type Who would protect me if I never hide? Falling so fast I am afraid of you, so I lied
CHORUS I lied, I lied To keep you from breaking my heart, ooh To keep you from breaking my heart, ooh, oh I lied Ooh, baby Ooh
FINAL VERSE 'Cause who knew that if I just let myself go with you It's all good now, goodbye love You'll stay, you'll stay in my heart (you'll stay in my), forever
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Post by onikastallion on Jul 15, 2021 23:29:37 GMT -5
004 - LTF
A quarta faixa do álbum é um pouco mais calma, do que já foi visto até aqui. Onika então, retrata sobre as amizades e a sua influência sobre elas. A rapper apresenta as mais diversas formas líricas que ela pode encontrar, além de brincar com as palavras, traz a importância da verdadeira amizade. A faixa em si, não passa de uma homenagem a todos os seus amigos que estiveram sempre ao lado da rapper, principalmente durante à sua infância.
LYRICS
PRE VERSE My friends, real friends, better than your friends That's how we keep poppin' out that Benz, yeah No foes, real friends, we ain't even got to pretend, yeah Get bands, get bands, spend it all on my friends
VERSE 01 I don't know what I would do without all of my crew, yeah I ain't makin' no room, yeah, I ain't makin' no new friends I don't make no moves, yeah, without tellin' my crew, yeah That's just how we do, yeah, that's just how we do, oh Goddamn it, I love my life, Styrofoam cups, no ice Party 'fore we go inside Never let 'em out my sight, they're right by my side Them my ride-or-dies, them my ride-or-dies My friends are goals, your friends are foes We fly, why cry, our souls exposed, yeah We smoke, we laugh, your stress, my stress Closer than kin, I'm blessed, you blessed
VERSE 02 Little white lies with a snow white collar in you But it's whatever though because I'm still followin' you Because you make me live forever baby, count it all together baby Then hit the register and make me feel better baby Your horoscope is a gemini, two sides So you better cop everything two times Two coupes, two chains, two c-notes Too much and enough both we know Christmas, tell 'em what's on your wish list Get it all, you deserve it Onika And when you get the White House, do you But remember, you ain't pass economics in school And everything you buy, taxes will deny I'll Wesley Snipe your ass before thirty-five
CHORUS
Your friends are foes, my friends are goals Closer than kin, our souls exposed Your friends are frauds, all they want is applause, yeah And my friends, real friends, closer than kin Your friends are foes, my friends are goals Closer than kin, our souls exposed Your friends are frauds, all they want is applause, yeah And my friends, real friends, closer than kin
VERSE 03 Bitch where you when I was walkin'? Now I run the game got the whole world talkin', queen stallion Everybody wanna cut the legs off him, stallion Black man taking no losses Bitch where you when I was walkin'? Now I run the game got the whole world talkin', queen stallion Everybody wanna cut the legs off him
FINAL VERSE They pray and pray for me, they pray and pray for me See better things for me Want better days for me unselfishly They pray and pray for me, they pray and pray for me Whenever I'm in need They in the backseat with the aux bumpin' O There ain't no pride involved, there ain't no pride involved
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Post by onikastallion on Jul 15, 2021 23:34:31 GMT -5
005 - FUCK FRAUDS
Completando toda a dinamicidade do álbum, a rapper não hesita em abranger alguma das suas intrigas com outros artistas. Nesta canção, a rapper paga de dissimulada e responde à altura alguns artistas que tendem a provocá-la. Em uma discussão no Twitter, a rapper deixou claro que não precisava de fraudes para se sobressair na indústria. A resposta está na canção.
LYRICS
PRE VERSE I don't need no, frauds I don't need no, drama when you call I don't need no, fake Soon as I wake up keep an eye out for the snakes, yeah 'Cause I don't need no, fraud I don't no, drama when you call I don't need no, lies Pick a side, pick a side I took the price, and lift that bitch up I took the ice, let me lift my wrist up I took the price, and lift that bitch up I took the ice, let me lift my wrist up
VERSE 01 Aye yo, throw your wrist-es up, all my bitches up These niggas is pussier than what? All them dicks is up All my real niggas down to ride, throw your GSXRs up I ain't in the projects, but all my bricks is up, rrrr You can't be Pablo if your work ain't sellin' What the fuck is this bitch inhalin'? I would've helped you out that pit you fell in I am the generous Queen! Ask Ms. Ellen Tried to drop "Another One", you was itchin' to scrap You exposed your ghostwriter, now you wish it was scrapped Heard your pussy on "Yuck, " I guess you needed a Pap What type of bum bitch shoot a friend over a rack? What type of mother leave her one son over a stack? Lil Boogie down basic bitch thinkin' she back Back to back, oh you mean, back to wack? "Back to Back"? Me and my fans laughed at that They say numbers don't matter but when they discussin' the kings They turn around and say Lebron ain't got 6 rings I never signed a 360, bitch you wild dumb That's why me ain't clear his verse for my album Sheneneh, you a fraud committin' perjury I got before and after pictures of your surgery E! took you to her doc, but you don't look like E! Left the operating table, still look like "nah"
CHORUS 'Cause I don't need no, frauds I don't need no, drama when you call I don't need no, lies Pick a side, pick a side I took the price, and lift that bitch up I took the ice, let me lift my wrist up I took the price, yeah, and lift that bitch up I took the ice, let me lift my wrist up
VERSE 02 Uh, I am not a fraud, RR, I'm the god They don't make 'em like me no more, man, I'm a dinosaur Blunt be tight as biker shorts, twisted like some handlebars Lil' Queens out a cartoon or Avatar I just looked in the mirror like, "All right, all right, all right" I would let that little leaguer right there fuck my wife, word I don't need no fraud bitches in and out my life, word Eatin' out my pockets, they be in and out of sight, word I don't need no drama, I just need some nana Just told my lil' mama, "Babe, I think I love you, kinda" Feelin' like Stallion-y Montana, Squeeze, he get honored Stallion a headliner, and Onika, she get finer, word
FINAL VERSE I don't need no, frauds I don't need no, drama when you call I don't need no, lies
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Post by onikastallion on Jul 15, 2021 23:39:13 GMT -5
006 - ONIKA'S INTERLUDE
Prosseguindo com sua classe artística, a rapper faz uma versão falada em forma de interlude para complementar a história do álbum. Na canção, a rapper demonstra toda sua personalidade artística e expõe mais ainda sobre a sua vida pessoal. A música no seu todo, a forma como a batida te puxa para um tom relaxante, as referências que ele faz em suas lutas e sem falar no último verso. ‘’Mas não importa que você está aqui agora mesmo que você não confundi-lo, é apenas uma nova viagem, ter um vislumbre no ancestral de sua família. Faça uma nova lista, de tudo o que você pensou que era o progresso’’.
CONVERSATION
Oh shit! I need that I need that sloppy That sloppy Like a Chevy in quicksand Yeah, that sloppy This feelin' is unmatched This feelin' is brought to you by adrenaline and good rap Black Pendleton ball cap (West, west, west) We don't share the same synonym, fall back (West, west, west) Been in it before internet had new acts Mimicking radio's nemesis made me wack My innocence limited the experience lacked Ten of us with no tentative tactic that cracked The mind of a literate writer, but I did it in fact You admitted it once I submitted it wrapped in plastic Remember scribblin' scratchin' dilligent sentences backwards Visiting freestyle cyphers for your reaction Now I can live in a stadium, pack it the fastest Gamblin' Benjamin benefits, sinnin' in traffic Spinnin' women in cartwheels, linen fabric on fashion Winnin' in every decision Onika is master that mastered it Isn't it lovely how menaces turned attraction? Pivotin' rappers, finish your fraction while writing blue magic Thank God for rap, I would say it got me a plaque But what's better than that? The fact it brought me back home We been waitin' for you Waitin' for you Waitin' for you Waitin' for you
I know everything I know everything, know myself I know morality, spirituality, good and bad health I know fatality might haunt you I know everything, I know Compton I know street shit, I know shit that's conscious I know everything, I know lawyers, advertisement and sponsors I know wisdom, I know bad religion, I know good karma I know everything, I know history I know the universe works mentally I know the perks of bullshit isn't meant for me I know everything, I know cars, clothes, hoes, and money I know loyalty, I know respect, I know those that's ornery I know everything, the highs, the lows, the groupies, the junkies I know if I'm generous at heart, I don't need recognition The way I'm rewarded, well, that's God's decision I know you know that line's for Compton School District Just give it to the kids, don't gossip about how it was distributed I know how people work I know the price of life, I'm knowin' how much it's worth I know what I know and I know it well not to ever forget Until I realized I didn't know shit The day I came home We been waitin' for you Waitin' for you Waitin' for you Waitin' for you
I met a little boy that resembled my features Nappy afro, gap in his smile Hand-me-down sneakers bounced through the crowd Run a number on man and woman that crossed him Sun beamin' on his beady beads exhausted Tossin' footballs with his ashy black ankles Breakin' new laws, mama passed on home trainin' He looked at me and said, Onika you do know my language You just forgot because of what public schools had painted Oh, I forgot, 'Don't Kill My Vibe', that's right, you're famous I used to watch on Channel 5, TV was taken But never mind you're here right now don't you mistake it It's just a new trip, take a glimpse at your family's ancestor Make a new list, of everything you thought was progress And that was bullshit I know your life is full of turmoil Spoiled by fantasies of who you are, I feel bad for you I can attempt to enlighten you without frightenin' you If you resist, I'll back off quick, go catch a flight or two But if you pick destiny over rest in peace then be an advocate Tell your homies especially to come back home This is a world premiere This is a world premiere This is a world premiere I been lookin for you my whole life, an appetite For the feeling I can barely describe, where you reside? Is it in a woman, is it in money, or mankind? Tell me something got me losing my mind, ah!
You make me wanna jump (Jump, jump, jump, jump, jump) (Let's talk about love) (Jump, jump, jump, jump, jump) (Let's talk about love) (Let's talk about love) (Let's talk about love)
I been lookin for you my whole life, an appetite For the feeling I can barely describe, where you reside? Is it in a woman, is it in money, or mankind? Tell me something think I'm losing my mind, ah! I say where you at, from the front to the back I'm lookin' for you I react, only when you react Ah, I thought I found you, back in the ghetto When I was seventeen with the .38 Special Maybe you're in a dollar bill, maybe you're not real Maybe only the wealthy get to know how you feel Maybe I'm paranoid, ha, maybe I don't need you anyway Don't lie to me I'm suicidal anyday I can be your advocate I can preach for you if you tell me what the matter is
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Post by onikastallion on Jul 15, 2021 23:43:55 GMT -5
007 - FUTURISTIC WOMAN
Na sequência ela vem com os dois pés no peito com a fantástica “Futuristic Woman”. Pesada e simples, ela exalta a população negra ao rimar que ela tem “lealdade e realeza no seu DNA”, “Eu tenho força, ambição, flow no meu DNA” e, ao mesmo tempo, fala de todos os estereótipos impostos ao longo dos anos como “Sexo, Dinheiro e Crimes”. A rapper flutua na instrumental e com um ritmo único, considerada por ela uma das melhores faixas do álbum, por isso que a escolheu para ser o lead single do projeto.
LYRICS
CHORUS I got, I got, I got, I got Loyalty, got royalty Inside my DNA Cocaine quarter piece, got war and peace Inside my DNA I got power, poison, pain and joy Inside my DNA I got hustle, though, ambition, flow Inside my DNA
VERSE 01 I was born like this, since one like this, immaculate conception I transform like this, perform like this, was Yeshua's new weapon I don't contemplate, I meditate, then off your fucking head This that put-the-kids-to-bed, this that
CHORUS I got, I got, I got, I got Realness, I just kill shit 'Cause it's in my DNA I got millions, I got riches Buildin' in my DNA I got dark, I got evil, that rot Inside my DNA I got off, I got troublesome heart Inside my DNA
VERSE 02 I just win again, then win again like Wimbledon, I serve Yeah, that's him again, the sound that engine in is like a bird You see fireworks and Corvette tire skrrt the boulevard I know how you work, I know just who you are See, you's a, you's a, you's a bitch Your hormones prolly switch Inside your DNA Problem is, all that sucker shit Inside your DNA Daddy prolly snitched, heritage Inside your DNA Backbone don't exist Born onside a jellyfish, I gauge See, my pedigree most definitely don't tolerate the front Shit I've been through prolly offend you This is Paula's oldest son I know murder, conviction Burners, boosters, burglars, ballers, dead, redemption Scholars, fathers dead with kids And I wish I was fed forgiveness Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, soldier's DNA Born inside the beast My expertise checked out in second grade When I was nine, on cell, motel, we didn't have nowhere to stay At twenty-nine, I've done so well, hit cartwheel in my estate And I'm gon' shine like I'm supposed to antisocial, extrovert And excellent mean the extra work And absent-ness what the fuck you heard And pessimists never struck my nerve And that's a riff, gonna plead this case The reason my power's here on earth Salute the truth, when the prophet say
VERSE 03 I got loyalty, got royalty inside my DNA (This is why I say that Hip-Hop has done more damage) (To young African-Americans than racism in recent years) I live a better, fuck your life (Five, four, three, two, one) this is my heritage, all I'm inheritin' Money and power, the makin' of marriages
VERSE 04 Tell me somethin' You mothafuckas can't tell me nothin' I'd rather die than to listen to you My DNA not for imitation Your DNA an abomination This how it is when you're in the Matrix Dodgin' bullets, reapin' what you sow And stackin' up the footage, livin' on the go And sleepin' in a Villa Sippin' from a Grammy and walkin' in the buildin' Diamond in the ceilin', marble on the floors Beach inside the window, peekin' out the window Baby in the pool, Godfather goals, only Lord knows
TRANSITION I've been goin' hammer, dodgin' paparazzi, freakin' through the cameras Eat at Four Daughters, Brock wearin' sandals Yoga on a Monday, stretchin' to Nirvana Watchin' all the snakes, curvin' all the fakes Phone never on, I don't conversate I don't compromise, I just penetrate Sex, money, murder, these are the breaks These are the times, level number nine Look up in the sky, ten is on the way Sentence on the way, killings on the way Motherfucker, I got winners on the way
VERSE FINAL You ain't shit without a body on your belt You ain't shit without a ticket on your plate You ain't sick enough to pull it on yourself You ain't rich enough to hit the lot and skate Tell me when destruction gonna be my fate Gonna be your fate, gonna be our faith Peace to the world, let it rotate Sex, money, murder, our DNA
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Post by onikastallion on Jul 15, 2021 23:49:17 GMT -5
008 - MY FEELINGS
Nesta canção, a artista explora sua interpretação num contexto voltado para a sua realidade atual. Até mesmo parte da produção fica a cargo da rapper. Entretanto, é possível perceber que, em meio a tantas personas artísticas, a artista foi levada ao abismo da dissociação, onde, entre tantos olhares da sociedade, ainda assim, ela não se via em ninguém. Além disso, a rapper também aproxima o público ao lado sombrio da sua adolescência, quando não possuía tantos amigos e se sentia deslocada.
LYRICS
VERSE 01 Watching haters wonder why stallion got the game locked Half-thai thickie, all she wanna do is bangkok Got her hair done, french braids now she asmatic Bino so insensitive, she asking, why you say that?! I'm chillin', real nigga feeling Rich kid, asshole: Paint me as a villain Still spitting that cash flow: DJ Thomaz I got a penthouse on both coasts: Ph balance Real nigga, I rep those, why though? Cause I said so Hip deep in the pepto, I got five on her like ben folds I got more tail than that petco, you faker than some sweet'n low Yeah, you got some silverware, but really are you eating though? Are you eating though? Nigga, are you eating though? Breakfast, lunch and dinner's for beginners, you ain't even know Never catching cases, why they faces look so e-m-o? Watch a hater hate me, wanna play me like a piano My architect know japanese, yo' girl, she jocking these No hands like soccer teams and y'all fuck boys like Socrates You niggas ain't copping these, niggas ain't looking like me Nah, I ain't checking ID but I bounce 'em with no problem Tell 'em, problem (problem!)
PRE CHORUS I'm winnin', yeah, yeah, I'm winnin' (what?) Rich kid, asshole, paint me as a villain
CHORUS What? Don't be mad cause I'm doing me better than you doing you Better than you doing you, fuck it, what you gon' do?
VERSE 02 Different color, my passport, instagram my stack load Hashtag my day wear and your girl drink my day care And I'm born rich, life ain't fair (silver spoon coon, ho) Ain't nobody sicker and my fisker, vroom, vroom, ho Ain't nobody (Fiskers don't make noise when they start up, just so you know) Top of the hold 'em totem, ri-rich forever, a million was not the quota My father owned half the moma and did it with no diploma Year off, got no rules, tripping off of them toadstools More green than my whole foods and I'm too fly, jeff goldblum Got a glass house in the palisades, that a-k-a White hood, white hood, (okay-kay-kay) Furniture custom, you shop at ikea So maserati, you whipping a kia Spending this money, it's longer than nia Live like a coppola, me and sofia Waking up broke, man, wouldn't wanna be ya Friends with the dope man, help a nigga re-up Bring a girlfriend, man, trouble when I see her Err-err-err-err: Onomatopoeia, oh, I got my cool on! (Tailormade) I'm winning so they had to dump the Gatorade And I don't give a fuck about my family name
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Post by onikastallion on Jul 15, 2021 23:55:07 GMT -5
009 - SHOT Aperfeiçoando mais ainda seu toque artístico, a faixa produzida por Robby Rich e Steven Mostyn, trata da sua construção como pessoa. Também demonstra seu desconforto com esse status mais introspectivo; como uma rapper que discutiu seu povo e a crença, a citação de Jeremias fala de sua profunda ansiedade sobre como o sucesso pode corromper sua alma. Os vocais presentes na faixa, de alguma forma soam como Onika ouvindo vozes em sua cabeça; eles, portanto, têm uma qualidade caótica, falando uns sobre os outros e tentando se distrair de seu vocal principal. A rapper fez questão de deixar estes sons na música, a fim de fomentar os ouvintes.
LYRICS
PRE VERSE Nobody pray for me It's been that day for me Waaaaay (yeah, yeah!) Ayy, I remember syrup sandwiches and crime allowances Finesse a nigga with some counterfeits, but now I'm countin' this Parmesan where my accountant lives; in fact, I'm downin' this D'USSÉ with my boo bae tastes like Kool-Aid for the analysts
VERSE 01 Girl, I can buy yo' ass the world with my paystub Ooh, that pussy good, won't you sit it on my taste buds? I get way too petty once you let me do the extras Pull up on your block, then break it down: we playin' Tetris A.M. to the P.M., P.M. to the A.M., funk Piss out your per diem, you just gotta hate 'em, funk If I quit your BM, I still ride Mercedes, funk If I quit this season, I still be the greatest, funk My left stroke just went viral Right stroke put lil' baby in a spiral Soprano C, we like to keep it on a high note It's levels to it, you and I know
CHORUS Bitch, be humble (hol' up, bitch) Sit down (hol' up, lil', hol' up, lil' bitch) Be humble (hol' up, bitch) Sit down (hol' up, sit down, lil', sit down, lil' bitch) Be humble (hol' up, hol' up) Bitch, sit down (hol' up, hol' up, lil' bitch) Be humble (lil' bitch, hol' up, bitch) Sit down (hol' up, hol' up, hol' up, hol' up) Be humble (hol' up, hol' up) Sit down (hol' up, hol' up, lil', hol' up, lil' bitch) Be humble (hol' up, bitch) Sit down (hol' up, sit down, lil', sit down, lil' bitch) Be humble (hol' up, hol' up) Bitch, sit down (hol' up, hol' up, lil' bitch) Be humble (lil' bitch, hol' up, bitch) Sit down (hol' up, hol' up, hol' up, hol' up)
VERSE 02 Who dat nigga thinkin' that he frontin' on Man-Man? Get the fuck off my stage, I'm the Sandman (Sandman) Get the fuck off my dick, that ain't right I make a play fucking up your whole life I'm so fuckin' sick and tired of the Photoshop Show me somethin' natural like afro on Richard Pryor Show me somethin' natural like ass with some stretch marks Still will take you down right on your mama's couch in Polo socks Ayy, this shit way too crazy, ayy, you do not amaze me, ayy I blew cool from AC, ayy, Obama just paged me, ayy I don't fabricate it, ayy, most of y'all be fakin', ayy I stay modest 'bout it, ayy, she elaborate it, ayy
PRE CHORUS This that Grey Poupon, that Evian, that TED Talk, ayy Watch my soul speak, you let the meds talk, ayy If I kill a nigga, it won't be the alcohol, ayy I'm the realest nigga after all
CHORUS Bitch, be humble (hol' up, bitch) Sit down (hol' up, lil', hol' up, lil' bitch) Be humble (hol' up, bitch) Sit down (hol' up, sit down, lil', sit down, lil' bitch) Be humble (hol' up, hol' up) Bitch, sit down (hol' up, hol' up, lil' bitch) Be humble (lil' bitch, hol' up, bitch) Sit down (hol' up, hol' up, hol' up, hol' up) Be humble (hol' up, hol' up) Sit down (hol' up, hol' up, lil', hol' up, lil' bitch) Be humble (hol' up, bitch) Sit down (hol' up, sit down, lil', sit down, lil' bitch) Be humble (hol' up, hol' up, hol' up, hol' up) Bitch, sit down (hol' up, hol' up, lil' bitch) Be humble (lil' bitch, hol' up, bitch) Sit down (hol' up, hol' up, hol' up, hol' up)
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Post by onikastallion on Jul 16, 2021 0:02:08 GMT -5
010 - RISE UP
Em consonância, Rise Up é um hino dedicado às mulheres negras. Durante a canção, Onika Stallion faz alusão à força da natureza, com o seu poder e influência de empoderar outras mulheres que, assim como ela, todos os dias se libertam dos laços amarrados pela sociedade. Sua maior referência discursiva, a infidelidade, é trazida diante de sua perspectiva como mulher negra, aludindo à história da escravidão direcionada aos negro-americanos e ao movimento Black Lives Matter. A artista, como sempre, aproveitou para dar seu toque especial imprimindo o sujeito negro como um símbolo da democracia como o resultado de protestos que se opõem ao racismo estrutural.
LYRICS
VERSE 01 Tryna rain, tryna rain on the thunder Tell the storm I'm new I'm a wall, come and march on the regular Painting white flags blue Lord forgive me, I've been running Running blind in truth I'ma rain, I'ma rain on this bitter love Tell the sweet I'm new
PRE VERSE 01 I'm telling these tears, go and fall away, fall away May the last one burn into flames
CHORUS Freedom Freedom I can't move Freedom, cut me loose Singin', freedom Freedom Where are you? 'Cause I need freedom, too I break chains all by myself Won't let my freedom rot in hell Hey! I'ma keep running 'Cause a winner don't quit on themselves
VERSE 02 I'ma wade, I'ma wave through the waters Tell the tide, "Don't move" I'ma riot, I'ma riot through your borders Call me bulletproof Lord forgive me, I've been runnin' Runnin' blind in truth I'ma wade, I'ma wave through your shallow love Tell the deep I'm new
PRE CHORUS I'm telling these tears, go and fall away, fall away May the last one burn into flames
CHORUS Freedom Freedom I can't move Freedom, cut me loose Singin', freedom Freedom Where are you? 'Cause I need freedom, too I break chains all by myself Won't let my freedom rot in hell Hey! I'ma keep running 'Cause a winner don't quit on themselves
VERSE 03 Ten Hail Marys, I meditate for practice Channel nine news tell me I'm movin' backwards Eight blocks left, death is around the corner Seven misleadin' statements 'bout my persona Six headlights wavin' in my direction Five-o askin' me what's in my possession Yeah I keep runnin', jump in the aqueducts Fire hydrants and hazardous Smoke alarms on the back of us But mama don't cry for me, ride for me Try for me, live for me Breathe for me, sing for me Honestly guidin' me I could be more than I gotta be Stole from me, lied to me, nation hypocrisy Code on me, drive on me Wicked, my spirit inspired me Like yeah, open correctional gates in higher desert Yeah, open our mind as we cast away oppression Yeah, open the streets and watch our beliefs And when they carve my name inside the concrete I pray it forever reads
CHORUS Freedom Freedom I can't move Freedom, cut me loose Singin', freedom! Freedom! Where are you? 'Cause I need freedom, too I break chains all by myself Won't let my freedom rot in hell Hey! I'ma keep running 'Cause a winner don't quit on themselves
FINAL VERSE What you want from me? Is it truth you seek? Oh, Father, can you hear me? What you want from me? Is it truth you seek? Oh, Father, can you hear me? Hear me out
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Post by onikastallion on Jul 16, 2021 0:06:15 GMT -5
011 - WIN AGAIN
Escolhida pela rapper para ser o segundo single do álbum, com uma mega produção do renomado Toddrick Hall, a rapper conta sobre a sua história de superação. A canção soa como algo mais animado, diferente do que já foi apresentado anteriormente. Aqui, a rapper caminha pela instrumental e com versos altamente precisos, mostrando que todos podem superar as suas barreiras, basta querer. Também é demonstrada toda a característica artística da rapper, com a sua intuição apresentada no vídeo da canção.
LYRICS
VERSE 01 I came out looking to party, and now I'm owning that building You bitches can't get my spot until I start raising some children These bitches all in they feelings, can't fuck with Stallion they know it They know that Onika a poet, pop me a bottle of Monet They said I couldn't, but I did it though Tell 'em I got that hour glass figure though Can't stop me, don't watch me, you better just watch your nigga ho I'm in that big boy, I am in beast mode Respect the G-code Bitches ain't got drive, these bitches will get repo'd I am a monster, this is ambition This the type of car that you keep a bad bitch in
PRE-CHORUS Not that I don't got good vision, but I don't see competition They want me to come and help them but I am not a magician I'm on them fo-fours I'm tipping, you better move out my way I am not here to play, Damn Society can't be delayed
CHORUS 'Cause I win again, 'cause I win again, and I win again, and I win again And I win again, and I win again, and I win again, yeah, I win again Can't tell me nothing about it, your opinion is invalid Go against me, then you made a mistake
VERSE 02 Yo, yo, 'cause I came out, '09 when promoters brought Wayne out Lewinsky, like I couldn't get the stain out I been bad, like cutting school, and staying out I been hotter then vacationing, and laying out I sat back, and watched how it was playing out They diss me, but running and took the same route Uh, but no, they not Kiki, wrist on ice and yes my wrist bricky If I leave, the game will miss Onika Not a website but get money, this is fifty Pop bottles with my bitches and get pissy This shit ain't got no more integrity Don't write they raps, and plus they flow shitty Don't make me expose you bitch, I'm too busy Hoped on the bridge-y, New York City Stallion still the queen, niggas all ready (Hoped on the bridge-y, New York city Stallion still the queen, niggas all ready)
PRE-CHORUS I came in I told them that I would become the greatest Muhammad Ali of these bitches, and that can't be debated I never chicken'd, I skated, I know they mad that I made it All this money I made, all my bitches is laced
CHORUS 'Cause I win again, 'cause I win again, and I win again, and I win again And I win again, and I win again, and I win again, yeah I win again Can't tell me nothing about it, your opinion isn't doubted Go against me, then you made a mistake
PRE-FINAL SONG So good, so real, so good, yeah I'm a win again, I'm a win again I'm Meryl Streep to all these bitches, they can't do what I do Sometimes I just look in the mirror and I be like, "Why you?" Yeah, I know that they mad, but I'm a shit on my critics some more
FINAL SONG I am I am I am still gonna do, what he sent me to do That's kill, kill, everything in, everything in my way That's kill, kill, everything in, everything in my way That's kill, kill, everything in, everything in my way They know I am a champion, no, champions do, it's all champions do
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Post by onikastallion on Jul 16, 2021 0:13:00 GMT -5
012 - BONDAGE
Quase finalizando seu projeto, ''Bondage'' é uma das poucas canções de Onika que acenam para alguma intenção comercial, além de Win Again. Na letra, Stallion revela que já foi viciada em drogas e usa disso para discorrer sobre seu antigo vício no mesmo medicamento outrora utilizado por Michael Jackson e Prince, dizendo que eles tentaram te avisar, e, amarrando a canção no contexto da faixa anterior, sobre superação, confessa: “às vezes fico assustado comigo mesmo.”
LYRICS
PRE CHORUS Shit could get menacin', frightenin', find help Sometimes I scare myself, myself Shit could get menacin', frightenin', find help Sometimes I scare myself, myself
VERSE 01 Tweakin', tweakin' off that 2CB, huh? Is he gon' make it? TBD, huh Thought I was gon' run, DMC, huh? I done died and lived again on DMT, huh See this a type of high that won't come down This the type of high that get you gunned down Onika, Onika trollin' OD, huh? Turn TMZ to Smack DVD, huh? Russell Simmons wanna pray for me too I'ma pray for him 'cause he got #MeToo'd Thinkin' what if that happened to me too Then I'm on E! News
PRE CHORUS Shit can get menacin', frightenin', find help Sometimes I scare myself, myself Shit can get menacin', frightenin', find help Sometimes I scare myself, myself
VERSE 02 Ayy, hospital band a hundred bands, fuck a watch Hundred grand'll make your best friends turn to opps I hear y'all bringin' my name up a lot Guess I just turned the clout game up a notch See, y'all really shocked but I'm really not You know how many girls I took to the titty shop? If she get the ass with it that's a 50 pop I still bring the bad bitches in the city out Uh, just a different type of leader We could be in North Korea, I could smoke with Wiz Khalifa Uh, told my wife I've never seen her After I hit it, bye Felicia, that's the way that I'ma leave it
PRE CHORUS Shit could get menacin', frightenin', find help See this is why all the bitches fuck with Ye, fuck what they talk about Sometimes I scare myself, myself They take me on meds, off meds, ask yourself Shit could get menacin', frightenin', find help Ask your homegirl right now, look, you had a shot at OS Sometimes I scare myself, myself You drop everything
VERSE 03 Tweakin', tweakin' off that 2CB, haan? This is why your bitches fuck with me, huh Smash, she gon' end up on TV, huh? Last thing that you ever wanna see, huh I can feel the spirits all around me I think Prince and Mike was tryna warn me They know I got demons all on me Devil been tryna make an army They been strategizin' to harm me They don't know they dealin' with a zombie Niggas been tryna test my Gandhi Just because I'm dressed like Abercrombie
FINAL VERSE You see? You see? That's what I'm talkin' 'bout That's why I fuck with Stallion See that was my third person That's my bipolar shit, nigga what? That's my superpower, nigga ain't no disability I'm a superwoman! I'm a superwoman! Ahhh!
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Post by onikastallion on Jul 16, 2021 0:17:11 GMT -5
013 - LUST
Posteriormente, a artista apresenta a faixa ''Lust'', que explicita a violência policial nos EUA e os obstáculos da população negra no país, enquanto cantam versos de orgulho de sua ancestralidade. O grande ponto em questão, são os versos da rapper e o título da canção que dão novo contexto, tratando do poder que a população negra tem sobre a sociedade além de toda a sua força e garra, devem se sentir privilegiados em poder desfrutar desse luxo. Além das críticas à violência, a canção fala também de como a cultura negra é comprada e apropriada por brancos, mas as pessoas de cor continuam sofrendo racismo.
LYRICS
PRE VERSE Can you tell us about love? Hmm, well, there's love of children Love of self Love of God Love of a partner And all of them have a different shape But all of them is the same in the end It's about sensitivity, it's about passion It's about unconditional giving of self to another person And there's love of humanity That's the love that is right now needed most Love of humanity But in everything, in all of that love, there is a soul It's like when you take some eggs and break them And you, and you take the shells and mix them up Trying to find the ones that match When you find the perfect match That compatibility results in passion Results in unconditional giving of self I hope I can say that again
VERSE 01 I'm good on any MLK Boulevard I'm good on any MLK Boulevard See my vision with a TEC, bitch, I'm Malcolm X Haters dreadin' my effect, they want that Das EFX Get your hands up high like a false arrest Let me see 'em up high, this is not a test Yes, put 'em up, this is not a test Now hands where I can see them, fuck a false arrest
VERSE 02 This Off-White fit that I rock, shit permanent The fro that I grow got no perm in it Hmm, a nigga late but he best dressed Got slowed down by the weight of my necklaces Parked the Lexus in the projects, bitch, I'm reckless Extra magazine, hopped on a jet with my Ebony chick Blacker than the Essence fest The behind the back pass is so effortless LeBron James to you Omaroses Dapper Dan at 4AM, shit, I am the culture I made my own waves so now they anti-Tidal I'm livin' the no sock life to spite you Since the Kalief doc, they've been at my neck Y'all can tell 'em Trayvon is comin' next The SEC, the FBI, or the IRS I pass the alphabet boys like an eye test
REPEAT VERSE Yeah, yeah I'm good on any MLK Boulevard (I'm good) I'm good on any MLK Boulevard (he good) See my vision with a TEC, bitch, I'm Malcolm X (I'm Malcom X) Haters dreadin' my effect, they want that Das EFX (yeah) Get your hands up high like a false arrest Let me see 'em up high, this is not a test Yes, put 'em up, this is not a test Put your hands where I can see them, fuck a false arrest
CHORUS Higher, higher Higher, higher Higher, higher Higher, higher Higher
VERSE 02 I'm good any way I go, any way I go (go) I pull up like the Freedom Riders, hop out on Rodeo Stunt with your curls, your lips, Sarah Baartman hips Gotta hop into my jeans like I hop into my whip, yeah Mobbin' in a hoodie like Melo Come up out that pretty motherfucker like, "hello, Hello" I will never let you shoot the nose off my Pharaoh, yeah (yeah) I like purple and Purple Rain Tryna put red and blue together, bitch, that's on gang These people tryna get me out the paint 'Cause I cook collard greens and yams better than your aunt Man, we started with a mustard seed Now we in the gray 911 with the mustard seats Sheesh, matte black Puma jet Shining my light on the world just like "UMI Says" Got the Richard Mille, all colors Might hit you with the rose gold all summer For the culture They even biting cornrows, put your scarecrows up I come from the finest crop Tell 'em the god's on road, watch 'em line the block The Chitlin' Circuit is stopped Now we in stadiums, eighty thou' a wop, (yeah) watch
CHORUS I'm good on any MLK Boulevard (he good) I'm good on any MLK Boulevard (he good) See my vision with a TEC, bitch, I'm Malcolm X (I'm Malcom X) Haters dreadin' my effect, they want that Das EFX Get your hands up high like a false arrest Let me see 'em up high, this is not a test Yes, put 'em up, this is not a test Now hands where I can see 'em, fuck a false arrest
FINAL VERSE I know I've only come half the way But look in the mirror, I see an older me Not realizing all the years that passed away But I know I've only come half the way
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Post by onikastallion on Jul 16, 2021 0:21:48 GMT -5
014 - GOLD
Diga-se de passagem, que essa seja a última faixa do disco, a rapper finaliza a obra com uma carta aberta para uma traição que seu pai enquanto era jovem. A rapper abre seu coração e o lado mais profundo da sua família contando sobre a traição e desvalorização do seu pai para sua mãe, que morreu. Em um nível alegórico, esses elementos sinalizam a desvalorização das mulheres negras, de forma histórica e contemporânea.
LYRICS
VERSE 01 You can taste the dishonesty It's all over your breath As you pass it off so cavalier But even that's a test Constantly aware of it all My lonely ear Pressed against the walls of your world
CHORUS Pray to catch you whispering I pray you catch me listening I'm praying to catch you whispering I pray you catch me I'm praying to catch you whispering I pray you catch me listening I pray you catch me
VERSE 02 Nothing else ever seems to hurt Like the smile on your face When it's only in my memory It don't hit me quite the same Maybe it's a cause for concern But I'm not at ease Keeping my head to the curb
CHORUS Pray to catch you whispering I pray you catch me listening I pray to catch you whispering (whisper, whisper) I pray you catch me (whisper, whisper) I pray you catch me I pray you catch me (praying) I'm praying you catch me
FINAL VERSE What are you doin' my love?
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