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Death Notes

from WYLMBY? by IIIA

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I think about dying a lot. We live in a capitalist dystopia and I'm a black man in a world that feels like it likes what I do but not what I am. So I think about dying a lot. I make most of my art with the mindset that I'm already dead. Death Notes was the result of these feelings becoming sound. Also I'm kind of an anime nerd so it is an overt reference towards the end of the song

lyrics

Imma be real with you
Uh, I think I'm way worse than I was
In the last project
Think I'm worse, mentally, spiritually
I got lot more shit to get off my chest
Fuck! But look
Here's my death notes

Success has many friends
Failure is an orphan
My mother told me that
Before I started popping
Before cheques cleared
Conversations bout brand endorsements
Back when nobody cared about the lost kid
No tears, no emotions
We off em
So have this, as the second offering
She asks how much the bag costs
It's no biggie
Look girl, I can afford it
Crossroads of success
I'd raise a toast to my achievements
But I've been once, an alcoholic
Took two years and a stash of blunts to get off it
I think I switched the liquor for sex
I think I met the woman of my dreams
I'm just not the man she deserves yet
I'm charming but numb to my core
Ain't a person I couldn't give paradise
But I hunger for more
Don't know what more is
Maybe I just want a nice house
And maybe some kids
Or maybe I don't
Maybe I'm ego tripping
Enjoy how you moan
While I'm grabbing your throat
Laughing in therapy sessions
Getting better a joke
Don't lecture me bout lung cancer boo
Just let me smoke
Don't lecture me bout finance baby
Spending time with these notes
Some of you think I'm talking blues and greens
But it's really just always been black and white
And life ain't safe but sounds sweet
When you got the right key
Music the ultimate time thief
Back in this game like I never left
They tell you walk a righteous path
But never tell you how it all goes left
I've lost faith, I've lost love
I've lost my respect for this dark game
Of back stabs and closed gloves
Remarkable grief
I see angels below
I got a few more death notes just so you know
Hold the pain cause when it burns
Creative flames protect us from the cold
This ain't ink I'm spilling
It's pure gold
Every names got notes
Every name in the death note
I got a couple more death notes
I got a couple more death notes
I got a couple more death notes
Where I come from it's summer all year round
The sun is shining all year round
There was no...there was nothing
I saw sun all year round
Do you understand

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from WYLMBY?, released May 28, 2023
Written and Produced by: Ikenna Anyabuike
Featuring: My mum

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IIIA Galway, Ireland

I started making music when I was probably around 12, I used to record songs and I had an overlay feature on my phone. It'd let me express myself. Songs were terrible but I had fun, it was therapeutic. 10 years later it still is. I think the songs are better now though ... more

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