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1. |
LASH
04:24
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They say it's open
But I don't see
What's open about it
They say they coping
But it's looking more
Like trauma bonding
They say they want
But what they want
It doesn't satisfy them
They say it's good
But if it's good
Why aren't they in alignment?
If it's so true, if it's so cool
Why are you on my line then?
If it's so new, if it's so you
Will you be satisfied when?
If it's so true, if it's so cool
All your needs are provided.
If it's so new, if it's so you
Why aren't you more excited?
I
Just want my equal share
That's not how it appears
That's not how it appears
I
Just want you to play fair
That's not what you want to hear
Not what you want to hear
I say I don't
I say I do
Truth is I'm undecided
It's not quite right
But nothing's wrong
When you are here beside me
Enjoy our romps
Respect our taunts
But love goes unprovided
Can't say I won't
Ain't no reason
'Cept this LASH on my mind and
I
Just want my equal share
That's not how it appears
That's not how it appears
I
Just want you to play fair
That's not what you want to hear
Not what you want to hear
I
Just want my equal share
That's not how it appears
That's not how it appears
I
Just want you to play fair
That's not what you want to hear
Not what you want to hear
I just want, I just want
I just want my equal
I just want, I just want
I just want my equal
I just want, I just want
I just want my equal
I just want, I just want
I just want my equal
Is it really equal?
Or is this just a prequel?
To how this gonna be
Why are you unfair to me?
Do you ever play fair?
Or do you really care?
'Cause that's not how it seems
Won't you say what you mean?
They say it's open
But I don't see
What's open about it
They say they coping
But it's looking more
Like trauma bonding
They say they want
But what they want
It doesn't satisfy them
I
Just want my equal share
That's not how it appears
That's not how it appears
I
Just want you to play fair
That's not what you want to hear
Not what you want to hear
Why aren't they in alignment?
Will you be more excited?
When your needs are provided
Won't you let, won't you let
When your needs are provided
Let, let
Won't you let me provide it?
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2. |
Big Talk (Interlude)
01:00
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Uh, basically
Okay, look, I know this is not
"Small talk," okay?
It's Big Talk
But, basically
My point is
If ****** takes that place
There's no vacuum
If you don't take that place
Then there's a vacuum
Then somebody gotta take that place
So, "better him than me" means
Glad that he's taking that place
So I don't have to take that place
You know what I mean?
By the Domino Effect, right?
By like the Butterfly Effect, okay?
Like, the point is more or less
Let people do the things
That you don't prefer to do
So that you don't end up
Having to do them!
You know what I mean?
That's why you let your Haters hate
That's why you halp!
*Laughs*
Halp! That's why you halp . . .
This is how you help your haters win
Okay, listen closely
Lean, lean into the phone
This is how you help your haters win
Come closer
You keep winning!
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3. |
Alien
03:42
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Touching down
On an Intergalactic flight
24 hours on Earth
It's gotta be tonight
Beings from this planet
They can't handle it
Let alone catch a ride
On my Spaceship
You don't know who you're stepping to
Do you?
Lazerbeam eyesight'll cut right through you
Who knew?
Ain't no amount of language useful
Probably about time that I tell you
Baby I'm an Alien
Baby I'm an Alien
You wouldn't know what to do with me
I'm visionary haphazardly
You wanna ride
You wanna ride
You wanna ride
But you can't take it
Take it
Take it
You don't know who you're stepping to
Do you?
Lazerbeam eyesight'll cut right through you
Who knew?
Ain't no amount of language useful
Probably about time that I tell you
Baby I'm an Alien
Baby I'm an Alien
You wouldn't know what to do with me
I'm visionary haphazardly
I'm from a long, long way away
To reach me you'd have to go far to play
Can't guarantee that I'd let you stay
For now you can be my Earthling Bae
I'm from a long, long way away
To reach me you'd have to go far to play
Can't guarantee that I'll let you stay
For now you can be my Earthling Bae
Baby I'm an Alien
Baby I'm an Alien
You wouldn't know what to do with me
I'm visionary haphazardly
Baby I'm an Alien
Baby I'm an Alien
You wouldn't know what to do with me
I'm visionary haphazardly
You wanna ride
You wanna ride
You wanna ride
You wanna ride
But you can't take it
But you can't
Take it
But you can't
Take it
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This is how I know I'm high
This is how I know I'm high
This is how I know I'm high
This is how I know
This is how I know I'm high
This is how I know I'm high
This is how I know I'm high
High
High
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5. |
High Stakes
03:09
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Lucky 13 stakes
Sharp or are they round?
High in the heart
Or placed in the ground?
Won't state your claim
Yet it's here to be found
Low stakes courage
With a high-stakes pound
Not sure if you'll pull 'em up
But you'll put it down
Won't own that you want it
But you'll hang around
Hot and cold, up and down
In or out
Team too much for you to handle
Or
What you dream about?
You
Me
Can't quite agree
You
Me
Baby, can you feel
It's high stakes
Gambler met a game
That he don't even know about
Used to winning bets
But he ain't never met this mouth
Play it if you want to
At least while I stick around
Play me and regret it
When I'm nowhere to be found
Hot and cold, up and down
In or out
Treat me like a snitch
'Cause I'm the one
You're speaking 'bout
Stakes in, stakes out
Hot pound, cold mouth
High lust, low prowl
Can't stop, Brickhouse
Well are you aroused?
You
Me
Can't seem to meet
You
Me
Baby, can you feel
It's high-stakes
You
Me
It's high-stakes
You
Me
It's high
It's unreal
Can't conceal
How I feel
This appeal
Spin the wheel
It's a steal
Looks could kill
For this meal
Stakes in, stakes out
Hot pound, cold mouth
Uh oh
High lust, low prowl
Can't stop, Brickhouse
Uh oh
Stakes in, stakes out
Hot pound, cold mouth
Uh oh
High lust, low prowl
Can't stop, Brickhouse
It's high stakes
Stakes in, stakes out
Hot pound, cold mouth
It's high
High lust, low prowl
Can't stop, Brickhouse
It's high stakes
Stakes in, stakes out
Hot pound, cold mouth
It's high
High lust, low prowl
Can't stop, Brickhouse
It's high stakes
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6. |
Fine AF (Interlude)
00:30
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Cute?!
And that is definitely
In my Soulja Boy
Drake voice
Let's get something very clear ******
If we're gonna be "Friends Forever"
You better recognize
That I'm fine as fuck
Thanks,
Bye!
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Cuss Him Out with Music
Cuss Him Out with Music
Cuss Him Out with Music
Cuss Him Out with Music
[Sanyu Estelle]
Kitty cat, titty tat
Give a dog a bone
He ain't suck nipples?
He going home
He don't eat pussy?
He ain't get to bone
If he won't be with me
Then he can't get blown
Kitty cat, ass chaps
Give a bee honey
He didn't show up?
Gets nothing from me
Is he sho'nuff?
Then he makes money
If he don't act tough
He can pick me up and rub me
Kitty cat, group chat
Give a man a reason
If he can't conversate
I get up and leave him
If he can't meet the heat
I don't really need him
If we go cheek-to-cheek
Better know that I please him
Kitty cat, take that
Give a femme a beat
You won't hit the floor
But I get up and move my feet
You chase to ignore
But, really?
You kind of a bore
So why don't you watch deez
Cuss Him Out with Music, Cuss Him Out with Music
Cuss Him Out with Music, Cuss Him Out with Music
Cuss Him Out with Music, Cuss Him Out with Music
Cuss Him Out with Music, Cuss Him Out with Music
[TwoLips]
TwoLips say lickety-split, okay?
Gimme them splits
Let's fight over pennies no way
Wanna look rich, go 'head
Show me your glitz
But mouth in the gutter, okay!
And I wish you could show me how
Wish you could slow me down
Can you give me one reason
Let it be the call of the season, meaning
You finna get a rise out of me
With the heatwave on and the leeway gone
But the bourgeoisie won't eat me up
Nah, nah, keep it clean on the mental
Got 'em thinkin' that we are ornamental!
Gimme the Charles Shaw, missin' the ambiance
Talk at me nice or I finna embarrass y'all
Need a thermometer, got the insomnia
Me a philosopher, me an astronomer
Ahhh!
Ahhh!
[Sanyu Estelle]
If you think you are so real
You better cuss him out with music
If you think you know the deal
You better show him where the door is
You think it's a pound a thrill?
You better tell him how to do shit
You think you gon' make me spill?
You better cuss him out with music
Cuss Him Out with Music, Cuss Him Out with Music
Cuss Him Out with Music, Cuss Him Out with Music
Cuss Him Out with Music, Cuss Him Out with Music
Cuss Him Out with Music, Cuss Him Out with Music
So
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Out this bah—
Take the crown
Want something comfor—
Want it
You don't really want
You don't really want it
Pow—
Alien
You wouldn't know what to do with me—
It's the thing we do the best!
When we're talking shit.
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9. |
Phoney Shit
02:43
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Ooo
Ooo
Ooo
Ooo
Heard nothing you said
Saw nothing you did
Felt nothing you felt
But I held what you held
'Cause you're phonin' it in
'Cause you phone it in
'Cause you phoned it in
You love phoney shit
You wanna complicate it
So likely to degrade it
No overcompensating
Oh well, you didn't make
Oh well, you didn't make
It's all theory
No field experience
Hypothesis
Not evidence
Keep claiming you are
Unavailable
Won't meet up but you'll
Hit me on the phone
It's not real 'til you
Make things tangible
'Cause you're phonin' it in
'Cause you phone it in
'Cause you phoned it in
You love phoney shit
You wanna calculate it
So you depreciate it
Oh well, I'm not your flavor
But I'm good conversation
'Cause you're phonin' it in
'Cause you phone it in
'Cause you phoned it in
All you do is text, that's just AI
You love phoney shit
You wanna complicate it
So likely to degrade it
No overcompensating
Oh well, you didn't make
All you do is text, that's just A.I. sex
That's just A.I. sex
That's just A.I. sex
That's just A.I. sex
That's just A.I. sex
That's just A.I. sex
All you do is text!
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[Jazz Scatting]
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11. |
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[Sanyu Estelle}
A wise person
Works quietly
And doesn't need acclaim
A good leader
Moves steadily
And doesn't play to win
I do what I do 'cause it's my nature
No circumstances can deter my purpose
I do what I do 'cause it's my nature
No circumstances can deter my purpose
I mind my business, I mind my business
I mind my business, I mind my business
If you mind my business
You asking to be up in this
If you mind my business
Then I'm making the decisions
I mind my business, I mind my business
I mind my business, I mind my business
If you mind my business
You asking to be up in this
If you mind my business
Then I'm making the decisions
Ain't a thing I go through
That I don't use
I witness what you do
Use it to follow through
Can't make you do right
Can't make you do wrong
We lead and we follow
'Cause baby, that's the call
I mind my business, I mind my business
I mind my business
'Cause, baby, that's the call
If you mind my business
You asking to be up in this
I I I I I
[Love Ssega]
Now what's this got to do with you
If it's only here to do with me
Like an island trying to find its single root
At the foot of its only tree
That's lonely you, not lonely me
Imagine, every single bird here to feed
Cos I'm not stuck, I'm only beached
Not out of luck, just out of reach
On my own island minding my business
Here i'm on my own
don't need a castle made of sand
Just need this beach to call my home
In a world so full of noise
I need my sleep and not wreck
stop Pirating the truth
overboard sub-intellect
[Sanyu Estelle]
I mind my business
I mind my business
I mind my business
I mind my business
I mind my business
Here's what you can do
Better
Here's where you can do it
Wherever
Here's how soon too
Whenever
Here's when I'll cosign
Never
Here's what you can do
Better
Here's how soon too
Whenever
I mind my business, I mind my business
I mind my business, I mind my business
If you mind my business
You asking to be up in this
If you mind my business
Then I'm making the decisions
I mind my business, I mind my business
I mind my business, I mind my business
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12. |
Screwed Up (Interlude)
01:51
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Here's what you can do
Better
Here's where you can do it
Wherever
Here's how soon too
Whenever
Here's when I'll cosign
Never
My business . . .
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I have tried to ignore
Everything you brought to me
I have tried not to explore
All the things you taught to me
It isn't that it isn't true
It isn't that it isn't real
It isn't that it don't feel good
It isn't just the way I feel
If it was, if it was
Up to me, up to me
How it felt
I would do, I would do,
Anything, anything
To get it back
Why don't we play it cool?
Play it cool?
Why don't we simmer down?
Simmer down?
'Cause if we break too soon
Break too soon
We'll burn it out
Burn it out
Why don't we play it cool?
Play it cool?
Why don't we simmer down?
Simmer down?
'Cause if we break too soon
Break too soon
We'll burn it out
Burn it out
This part of our story
Where we just ignore things
We're just ships at sea
Or planes with no landing
This part of our story
Where we just ignore things
We're just ships at sea
Or planes with no landing
Why don't we play it cool?
Play it cool?
Why don't we simmer down?
Simmer down?
'Cause if we break too soon
Break too soon
We'll burn it out
Burn it out
Why don't we play it cool?
Play it cool?
Why don't we simmer down?
Simmer down?
'Cause if we break too soon
Break too soon
We'll burn it out
Burn it out
Is it really real?
Do we know best? This just how I feel
If it's not better
Is it really real?
Is it wrong to confess? This just how I feel
We love each other
Is it really real?
Do we know best? This just how I feel
If it's not better
Is it really real?
Is it wrong to confess? Is this how you feel
We love each other
Is it real?
Is it real? Story
Is it real?
Is it real? Story
Is it real?
Is it real? Story
Is it real?
Story, is it real?
Story, is it real?
Story, is it real?
Story
Why don't we play it cool?
Play it cool?
Why don't we simmer down?
Simmer down?
'Cause if we break too soon
Break too soon
We'll burn it out
Burn it out
Why don't we play it cool?
Play it cool?
Why don't we simmer down?
Simmer down?
'Cause if we break too soon
Break too soon
We'll burn it out
Burn it out
Why don't we play it cool?
Play it cool?
Why don't we simmer down?
Simmer down?
'Cause if we break too soon
Break too soon
We love each other
Is it real?
Is it real?
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14. |
Lost, At Sea (Interlude)
02:22
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Emergency landing
Emergency landing
Emergency landing
Emergency landing
Just because
Just because
Just because
Just because
Just because
Just because
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15. |
Buyer Love
03:56
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They say being in love is just like a movie
What you hear in songs or see on the TV
If you just fall in line you'll have all which you see
Segregate, buy a house, then fill it with progeny
Is this all you need?
Buyer Love? Contrary
Can this be all you seek?
Transaction, transaction
I ain't cheap!
I just want you to know
That my love, that my love
Ain't transactional
If you want it, if you want it
Just to put it on the shelf
Then you'll rue the day
That you played yourself
And if you ask no questions
They'll be only success and
You and your lover will go
Forward with infinite momentum
Could this be all you need
House, picket fence, dog dream
Robotic
Monotonous
Automated romancing
If it's all they say, say
Why, why aren't they happay-pay-pay-pay?
Even when they are, are
It's in the minoritay-tay-tay-tay
If we ask no, no questions
They'll be no, no exceptions
If we ask no questions (desire and ire)
Is this all you need?
Buyer Love? Contrary
Can this be all you seek?
Transaction, transaction
I ain't cheap!
I just want you to know
That your love, that your love
Ain't transactional
If they want it, if they want it
Just to put it on the shelf
Then you'll rue the day
That you played yourself
And if you ask no questions
They'll be only success and
You and your lover will go
Forward with infinite momentum
Could this be all you need?
House, picket fence, dog dream
Robotic
Monotonous
Automated romancing
Buyer Love! Buyer Love
You think you can afford it?
Just because, just because
You have price in your pocket!
Buyer Love! Buyer Love
You think you can contort it?
Just because, just because
You're fragile and controlling!
Buyer Love! Buyer Love
You think you can afford it?
Just because, just because
You have price in your pocket!
Buyer Love! Buyer Love
You think you can contort it?
Just because, just because
You're fragile and controlling!
It's just that Buyer Love
Put out your fire love
It's just that Buyer Love
And I wish you good love
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And I wish you
You mean you love it!
Uh, obviously I get vibes
So I trust the vibes
And I follow the vibes
Um, I just wanted to say
That, you know
I understand prioritizing yourself
And I think that's essential and important
Especially in the midst of any big change
That we don't necessarily yet have the
Practiced confidence to do
And that's still very theoretical
Because, obviously, when things are in theory
We're looking for, like, every cosign outside of us
To justify or not justify our decision-making
Which can then deter us from our own
You know, autonomy
That all being said
I also think it's really important that
We do not, you know
We as women, cishet women
Especially as, you know, Black women
Women of color or
Whatever in your case
But, like
We don't have to be perfect
Or completely right
Or correct or resolved
To be worthy of affection
And companionship
And, like
Real people have—
Go through things
And have challenges
And, and they're not any less entitled
To being loved
Romantically, intimately
Sexually
Platonically, familially
Any of these things
So, while I am so happy for you
That you're getting your things together
And that you are becoming more of yourself
In the way that you most prefer
And, like, adjusting accordingly
I also think you don't need to deny yourself
Companionship
Affection
Or the things that you genuinely desire
Simply because you are in the process
Of changing, or growing
Or learning things
And I'm constantly reminding myself of this
Like
Even with my, you know
Developments with *****
Like, figuring that shit out
I'm constantly like
I am worthy of being companioned
And not having all my shit figured out
Or not being perfect
Or, like, not knowing everything I need to know
About everything I think I need to know
Like, there are perfectly mediocre people
Who are very loved
And very committed to by other people
And that's
That's not a reflection on what
They don't deserve
It's a reflection on what we all deserve
So,
If you want a companion
And you'd like a bed buddy
And you want to learn this person
Then, like, don't deny yourself
That opportunity
Simply because you are
In the midst of changing
Anyone who loves you unconditionally
Is gonna have to learn to love you
Through the conditions
And not just expect it to be ALL, like
Light and fluffy and, like, perfect
Right? So
There's that
[Simple]
I meet your proposal
With a proposal of my own
Which is I accept your proposal
But, you know?
Did they not choose each other?
Is it not that simple?
IS IT NOT THAT SIMPLE?!
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Sanyu Estelle Los Angeles, California
Sanyu Estelle is a pigmented, womoonist, cissy, flexible asexual, travel-apt and fashion forward SSJW (Sarcastic Social
Justice Warrior). Born, bred n' buttered in Los Angeles, Sanyu has long held the woowoo job of reading people and now she sings her reads too!
Genres: Rhythm & Pop, Dance, Electronic, Electro-Pop, Neo-Soul, Synth-Pop, Electro, Spoken Word
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