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KUMOTO (03:51)—pronounced: Koo-MO-TO, Nyanja to English “Hell”

lyrics

[VERSE 1]
Sometimes I stare inside the mirror,
I don't recognize me
I drink so much
Even my liver doesn't empathize, see
My granny told me
“It's the nigga in these set of eyes, see”
She tryna say I'm socialized
Through the men that lie

Was trying to be a rolling stone at like 21
These drugs was all up in my nose I looked 31
These crackers hooked me in their fold with a steady lump
So what’s the folly does this molly got a ready sum

In the kitchen,
Geeking out I was twitching
Teething out of my wisdoms,
Peeking out for a witness
Even now I envision,
PTSD, it’s crazy
Hitting like it’s the 80s,
Feigning death is a strange thing

Young, impressionable,
Starving, any methadone?
Cartilage lexepro,
Carving up any sense I’m on
Hardly got left to go,
swarmy from neck and bones
Parked in the arm,
Reach any home in an episode

[CHORUS]
I see the people talking
I see the reasons often
I think they think I lost it
They think I need a prophet
My evil deeds, my evil (deeds)
My evil deeds, my evil (deeds)
My evil deeds, my evil (deeds)
My evil deeds, my evil
I say it’s not the demons,
They say you stopped believing
I swear it’s not from jesus
I swear this heart is beating
My evil deeds, my evil (deeds)
My evil deeds, my evil (deeds)
My evil deeds, my evil (deeds)
My evil deeds, my evil

[VERSE 2]
Back in the day,
This before highschool was cool
Was tryna walk around,
Looking for right dudes to swoon
I was lonely and I was doing what I think was cool
My hijinks ensued,
A right bitch at school

I met a new girl,
Matter fact her name was bleep that
And we were tight,
I even grabbed the chair to sit back
I told her that I be there for her,
And I really mean that
When she was sick,
I went over with the Dreamcast

But I wanted to be so accepted
From the bro’s perspective,
I made fun of her slowly death
No weeks left she felt betrayed
I'm like, oh forget it
Till she didn’t come for weeks
And I felt cold, neglected

Fast forward to her funeral in an open casket
I looked her mama in the face as I'm moping sadly
I see the body, look away in a slowly panic
That was the last thing I said I hope I choke on that shit (Damn)

[CHORUS]
I see the people talking
I see the reasons often
I think they think I lost it
They think I need a prophet
My evil deeds, my evil (deeds)
My evil deeds, my evil (deeds)
My evil deeds, my evil (deeds)
My evil deeds, my evil
I say it’s not the demons,
They say you stopped believing
I swear it’s not from jesus
I swear this heart is beating
My evil deeds, my evil (deeds)
My evil deeds, my evil (deeds)
My evil deeds, my evil (deeds)
My evil deeds—
It’s my evil fucking deeds, man
It’s my evil fucking deeds
It’s my evil fucking deeds, man
It’s my evil fucking deeds
It’s my evil fucking deeds
It’s my evil fucking deeds
It’s my evil fucking deeds
It’s my evil fucking deeds

credits

from HIS HAPPINESS SHALL COME FIRST EVEN THOUGH WE ARE SUFFERING, released October 31, 2022
Produced and Performed by Backxwash, Mixed by Will Owen Bennett, Mastered by Richard Addison / Trillium Sound Mastering, Main vocals recorded in Montreal by Will Owen Bennett

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