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NYAMA (04:22)—pronounced: NYA-MA or CHIN-YA-MA, Nyanja to English: “Demon”

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[HOOK: Pupil Slicer]
The nothingness to which I aspire,
Fed by parasites, they revel in every single second of the pain,
Overwhelming, can't fix a problem that's rooted in the imperfection of my existence

The nothingness to which I aspire,
Fed by parasites, they revel in every single second of the pain,
Overwhelming, can't fix a problem that's rooted in the imperfection of my existence

[VERSE 1: Backxwash]
I feel nervous when people are staring,
The evil that carries
Is lethal and varied,
Glaring,
It’s there in its deepest of currents
I need a piece
with a switch and a ‘matic,
Even the faggots need lethal advantage (boom boom boom boom)

I keep thinking bout Jesus of Nazareth
If he was that active
He’d spring into action
Maybe just Caesar would have it
And fear is protection without
The seers telling me that my future is caught shot dead in the mouth

Im paranoid when I step out the house
These pills makin it hard to hide
While my peers airing it out
Delicate how?
Now that you've mentioned it, wow
I'm wound up and I doubt they they let me live now

I don't need the embellishment
I’m just fearing the predicate
Of needing a weapon
And I think that I get it then
Cause if I can't live
Then you can't live,
Blood is thicker than everything

[HOOKx2: Pupil Slicer]
The nothingness to which I aspire,
Fed by parasites, they revel in every single second of the pain,
Overwhelming, can't fix a problem that's rooted in the imperfection of my existence

[VERSE 2: Backxwash]
Coca Cola kalashnikov
Scope coming from Wichita
Chrome colored
A shot into bone fractures
And shishkabob
The dome splatter
He’s calling he won't answer
The phone hang up
Hanging outside with old yella

See where these hots headed
Now he’s so hot headed
Victim turned pot kettle
Peace with a hot metal
And it’s so sad that it’s sickening
How I turned from victim to a villain

So what's to stop me
From grabbing a shotty
Putting 10 in my body
In the lobby
While the denizen’s watching
And I hope that it’s quicker
Than the sedatives, probably
With a note and a sticker
To remember me properly

See that’s where I be heading
So why I keep pretendin’
There’s a happy ending
When every second I get the message
Let me spell it on the record
Cause if I can’t live
Then you can’t live
Blood is thicker than everything

[OUTRO HOOK: Pupil Slicer]
The nothingness to which I aspire,
Fed by parasites, they revel in every single second of the pain,
Overwhelming, can't fix a problem that's rooted in the imperfection of my existence

credits

from HIS HAPPINESS SHALL COME FIRST EVEN THOUGH WE ARE SUFFERING, released October 31, 2022
Produced and Performed by Backxwash, Featuring Katie from Pupil Slicer on guest vocals [hook] and on guitars, Mixed by Will Owen Bennett, Mastered by Richard Addison / Trillium Sound Mastering, Main vocals recorded in Montreal by Chachi Revah

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