With the sun up high and the rain never lettin up
In the end just let my people shine x2
Jay
I’m just fighting for the shades and the colours
Half assed one thing, fast tracked the other
Cause it’s too hard to keep my head straight
Unless I go 4 days, 5 dates, rackin up the real estate
Now stack up your shoes, showcase your tans
Never mind just hide light of blessing who I am
I could just go down to miami and get my head beat
By a stalkin hillbo that hates kneelin athletes
Well I don’t know who needs to hear it
They run the whole world now, but we’re not gettin comfortable
Hide your head, no need to block your sorrows
I bet they had a lot of bright ideas, god rest their souls
Hands in the air so they don’t start
The feels that i feel got me so far
But we keep buzzing through the seasons
Like we’re black and yellows
Then watch the feed drop everyday it’s all the same
It’s not too late to stop this~
With the sun up high and the rain never lettin up
In the end just let my people shine x4
It’s not too late to stop this~
“I don’t even know what to say man, yenno I really do wish I was more of a poet, i’m tripped up, truly I don’t really know what the fuck is going on these days. I don’t know what the fuck is going on. Shit’s confusing right now. Yenno imma stop talking, i’m gonna let my boy Kin say somethin”
Mckinley
Charcoal covers my skin,
Running through the night,
Wonder where I end and begin
My gods were killed by those that wrote what tied em to the ground,
Then claimed that there ain’t enough worship to all go around
How that work,
In the mirror tall,
with my lil stance,
Copy papa look,
Could kill you wit a glance,
Saying sorry to my youngins in advance,
Grown man til my auntie ask me do my little dance,
Hard bottoms clickin in this place of worship,
Praying these wings can hold enough to halt the falls inertia,
But the ground is getting closer,
Yellin why this isnt workin,
Flailing arms,
These words can’t come out,
before I hit the earth and,
Breathe nigga breathe,
Woke up sweating,
What it mean, what it mean,
The prollem with this pain,
Is that a nigga must react,
I’m only doin this so when you running,
Sun could hit yo back,
Like
Word?
What’s the word?
What’s the word,
What’s the word? What's the word?
Jay
Well well well
The word is on the street, the problems we see, come forward then collapse
This ain’t no mishap just open your eyes ACAB
Mckinley
My Oops end up like Doodlebop
Erased when that pen touch the note pad top
Then forgot bout when the next episode drop
It’s crazy
my niggas might block ya shots
Jay
It’s so shameful like all these white folks in dreadlocks
Is it the truth? The Lie? The wealth disguised as humble lies cut through the tides
I can’t tell
Mckinley
Scarecrow
Light Em up,
Watch me burn,
Whose neck,
Is next,
Getting stepped on,
If they don’t respect,
The young boys with S up on they chest
Jay
Instead of burying all these young men in their sunday best for real
It’s not too late to stop this~
With the sun up high and the rain never letting up
In the end just let my people shine x5
“Just don’t don’t forget it, don’t don’t forget it, say their names”
credits
from Slingshot,
released July 15, 2022
Jeremy Haywood-Smith - Vocals, Guitar, Bass , Synth, Keys, Claps, Beats
Ben Stokes - Boom Baps
Mckinley Dixon - Feature vocals
Eamon Sheil - Saxophone
Kayla Fernandes - Back up vocals
Brett Ticzon - Back up vocals
Will Grierson - Turntables, Claps
Arthur Antony - Claps
What started as
bedroom "sad jangle pop songs" just singing about how sad or miserable he was, things slowly started to change as time went into the more "psych funk" sound that is shown today!...more
supported by 12 fans who also own “Shine (feat. Mckinley Dixon)”
Stunning genre mashup between hip-hop, electronic, r&b, and all sorts of other surprising sounds. Great singing and rapping, fascinating beats, and song structures that keep shifting and mutating. A super album. Mike Gintz
supported by 12 fans who also own “Shine (feat. Mckinley Dixon)”
Like so many others, this came like a bolt out of the blue and, even though it's well before payday, I had to have this astonishing album on vinyl to prove it exists. The feel of the tunes makes me feel like the Impressions do, Curtis Mayfield, the big spaces and instinctive horns and stuff drifting in and out. Great grooves and I can see lots of ghosts nodding along to this with big smiles on their faces. At last! Anthony Cottrell
supported by 12 fans who also own “Shine (feat. Mckinley Dixon)”
I think it's difficult to write songs about something other than romantic love, and still be able to communicate the intensity with which those feelings can hit a person. Some of the entries on this album are fantastic examples of this niche. dani_bloop
New York indie pop duo embark on an ambitious, ecstatic spirit quest, crafted with continuous listening in mind; a dreamy, rewarding loop. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 7, 2023