Prince Sigma:
Was it always imminent? Was I always living in a lie,
Dreaming I was flying?
Was it faulty by design? Was I seeing? Was I blind?
Was it just a waste of time?
Toni Banx:
Starry nights never pointed me home.
Not surprised by the way that I’ve grown. Strategized I could call it my own.
King sized laying low on the floor
Capsized, had to swim it shore.
On your mark, ready, said go.
Gold medal chasing all I ever wanted was some daytons.
Drop top, wind blow, yeah.
Rollie shining with the rope, yeah
Top notch with the broach. Fast forward with a whole new approach
Kings daughter but he never came home
Prince Sigma:
Maybe I’m not so clever. Maybe I need to put my hands to the sky
Maybe I need to put my toes in the dirt. Go back to the Earth
Go back and unlearn.
Toni Banx:
Game tight we cramped in. Head room in the spaceship
Leg room for the asics. Slow grind in the matrix.
Some day we don’t make it.
I’m still tryna be less anxious. Counting my blessing. Thanking my angels.
It’s better I tell it. They telling lies. Don’t look at me now. You was never around.
How the fuck you expect me to compromise?
Rather count up a million on island time.
Whole different pill to get swallowed down.
How we looking for freedom on stolen ground?
How we supposed to get even with money down.
Bust up the city I’m Pacquiao.
Tell them I’m coming we pack it out.
Bust up the city I’m Pacquiao.
Tell them I’m coming we pack it out.
credits
from I Like It Here,
released December 18, 2020
Written by: Ambrosia Austin and Benjamin Simpson
Produced by: Noah O’Connor
Mixed by: Ambrosia Austin and Sam Anderson
A great, thumping beat tape with rich, textural production that summons specific moods while the beat commands your head to nod along. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 31, 2020