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Root Cause
01:50
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Leave me open
Leave me open
Let me spill open
Leave me open
Leave me open
Leave me open
Feels like I'm chokin'
Savin' pictures
Save me quick cuz'
I done saved u niggas
Make me sick
Control the mixture
I had unsavory niggas
Fall free, free fall
When I get low, I get lost
Shadowin' your pain from your palms of course,
I guess that I'm the root cause
I guess that I'm the root cause
I guess that I'm the root
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Changed my ranking for the enemy.
Keys are clicking, so I quickly leave.
Ghouls defend my body properly,
Then, I procure ya soul, like property!
Play back ya words like verb does delay
Emotions deep like a dental decay
(Momma!) “Say what you mean, and mean what you say!” Dismay, pray 4 power u r cowardly,
I pray -
I’m too pretty baby for u
Games we play and smiles comin thru
Miles away
Miles away
Still, my box I keep my game to play.
Still, my box braids weave; I’ve got a cape.
Is this just a phase? Just a phase? Fade.
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3. |
Slip Away
03:30
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I’m jumping a-head, mama said take your time,
So worried ‘bout the destination, forgot to climb,
I get so locked up in my own mind, you might find
that every single bone up in my body tellin’ me to listen to my soul instead!
And if I think abt it too much, it might slip away [x3]
And if I think about it too much, too much, too much, much, much
Yeah! Is that a crime, movin’ to my rhythm and rhyme?
Greed got you stuck in complications? That ain’t alright.
Me say, get high up off ya own vibe, and das fine
Cuz even when ya lonely, round the phonies u got homies carryin’ u thru da fuck shit!
And if I think abt it too much, it might slip away [x2]
And it’s the things that I can’t touch, they might slip away
And if I think about it too much, too much, too much, much, much
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(Mama say u won’t, whispers)
Do I provide, the things u want?
Do I just terrify the hate u give?
I might be be petrified;
Is that what u want?
Merrily, and u say it’s free
But I ain’t free bitch, I ain’t free, I ain’t huh!
I don’t have the will, have the wheel,
have the wheel, have the will,
will to go will to go will to go…
Oh, I don’t give a fuck! [x3]
I’ll haunt you, I’m haunted. You bedda know da truth
(Find the truth! We dying, We gonna die out soon, don’t die so soon)
Not so kind, Neva delicate, yet u kicked me in the da ribs
Surely aches and quakes,
my body is a pit
I won’t forget,
imma STAY pissed
cuz u laying all deez claims
yo greed neglects to let me live
mistaken me as one pave ur way
let that shit play, buy what u say
No, unt uh
Merrily, and u say it’s free
But I ain’t free bitch, I ain’t free, I ain’t huh!
I don’t have the will, have the wheel,
have the wheel, have the will,
will to go will to go will to go…
Oh, I don’t give a fuck! [x3]
I’ll haunt you, I’m haunted. You bedda know da truth
(Find the truth! We dying, We gonna die out soon, don’t die so soon)
How does it feel to know that I’m here?
Really, quite, clear.
You don’t know me, but you haunt me.
You don’t own me, but you think you know me!
You are me….you are!
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5. |
Breasts Got Big No.2
01:32
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Yea, yea, yea
I just logged in, I could barely breathe,
Since my breasts got big, now you listening.
My tech ladies ring-shift to these industries,
cuz when they takin’ up dat space, das a luxury
Yea, my mama made a legacy
And my intelligence cradles my sensuality
y’all finna center, not censor my true reality
cuz I could give a fuck if you gon’ try to measure me, yea!
I’m so thick it might set u off
Lord knows it might set you off
Yea u so hard headed dis gon piss u off
Lord knows what might set you off
I don’t give a fuck what it costs
You gonna move to the side, it’s gon’ set you off
I’m only gonna give it to you raw
Move to the side das gon’ set u off yea
off yea
Off, off yea
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6. |
Problem Kid
03:45
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Know we only crossed paths once,
Got me drunk, and you stole my trust
Problem kid, so I pitied you some
What you did, I can’t forgive, you won’t relive and you won’t admit
I know we only crossed paths once,
Got me drunk, and you stole my trust
Problem kid, so I pitied you some
What you did, I can’t forgive, I won’t relive and you won’t admit
know we only crossed paths once,
You got me drunk, and you stole my trust
What you did, I can’t forgive, I won’t relive and you won’t admit
Oh no no, you won’t admit it!
you won’t admit it!
Quit ya sinning!
Fuck your feelings!
I’m empathetic,
You’re psychopathic,
I hate your addiction.
Oh, my god.
23, What you did, I can’t relive and you won’t admit
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7. |
Letter To You
01:58
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Open ur eyes
Like ur searchin’ for somethin’
Keep the lies
And all dat shit thatchu been talkin’
Keep ur mind-set on the things u wanted
It’s sacrifice in tha way thatchu been walkin’
Don’t trip
Don’t even rush a bit
Don’t think
Let cha dick in da bliss
Only one way,
I could show u da right thangs
Only one feel,
I could give it and it’s all real
Can you see,
how the things you love are growing
In front of you,
are you blind to that too?
Open ur eyes
Like ur searchin’ for somethin’
Keep the lies
And all dat shit thatchu been talkin’
Keep ur mind-set
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Cleo Reed New York, New York
Ella Moore performs under the alias “Cleo Reed,” modeled after two ancestors. Born and raised in NYC and Uptown DC, Cleo creates under the musical influence of black underground sounds.
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