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Featuring Jelani Watson & Sydnee Croft

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VERSE 1
Drop, that tingle in your feet
the feeling of the beat, watch your knees fall in defeat
and buckle, before the vocals creep through the rubble
subtle, like the pop of a bubble
trouble, i start the verse, ya feel it one time
Make you dance your way onto the front line
Warning i ain’t here to take no names
The spoils of victory, I take claim
Feedback & fame won’t feed the fam
Smooth criminals, creep through villages
gone in the morning, sheets we pillaged them
Young & corrupted, girls we caught up in
bang on 'em eardrums …..
We just trynna have some fun wit it
Neighbours wanna call the cops again
‘Cause my colour makes me complicit
Don’t make sense, it don’t make commas men
Drop me a line, they won come sentence me

HOOK
My skin is like bronze
My heart’s like a diamond
My tongue is like gold
My word is my bond

If i think it, i’m gon’ drop
If I speak it, time gon’ stop
If I sing it, & you bop
If I flip it, won’t you’ cop














VERSE 2
They wan’ box me in, they can’t box with god
I know the ropes like a boxing ring
Can’t box me out,
Can’t shake my dreams
Nigerian boy, i’m olajuwon
& I travelled
10,000 hours now I’m a veteran
Found me a girl,
& found me some brethrens
Life is a lesson
I cut my check
& check off my checklists
I give you my word
I don’t want no sentence
It don’t make sense, it don’t make commas men
That my colour make me complicit
Drop me a charge, they won come empty me
Draining my blues to fill they cups with it


HOOK
My skin is like bronze
My heart’s like a diamond
My tongue is like gold
My word is my bond

If i think it, i’m gon’ drop
If I speak it, time gon’ stop
If I sing it, & you bop
If I flip it, won’t you’ cop

credits

from Young, Black & Blue, released June 26, 2020
Idris Lawal: Vocals / Lyrics / Producer
Sydnee Croft: Backup Vocals
Jelani Watson: Saxophone
Kyu: Additional Bass / Mix / Master

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Idris Lawal Toronto, Ontario

Idris Lawal is Nigerian born, Toronto based song-writer and producer. Growing up in Nigeria, Qatar, South-Africa and Canada; his early exposure to different cultures would become the foundation of his genre-bending sound. Today, he draws from a variety of musical influences including rap, afrobeat, highlife, afro-pop, soul music and blends into what he calls “afrobop”. ... more

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