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Before Before

from PSYCHOWAVE by TwoLips

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don't call me a
don't call me a
don't call me an american these days
from the first nation, can i reiterate
this redskin mad, getting irate
we already livin post apocalypt
we the product of the experiment
we the top shelf, you the shiny gun
yeah we lethal but
still i need you close
yeah i need you right here
think i need a dose
fore the sun go down i say adios
been waiting all week to get freaky
with you freaks n geeks n sexy senoritas
my culture is my currency
am i making it better my feet on the ground
be on a mission, the human condiiton
is lifting me up while it's pulling me down

dip into my seratonin
sippin on my gin n soda
only one thing that i'm sure of
i'll be sober when i'm older
but the date to be determined
it's an instinct, it's a balance
only learning by osmosis
this is scripture, this a sermon

oh yeah, she trippin again
feel the old me coming back
thought she was gone for good
now she back on the attack
oh yeah, she coming for you
and she always got my back
and she don't know right from wrong
only know's how to get the payback, payback

i been making bangers in my bedroom
jail cell, brain scan, dead pan, caveman, nonsense
with the plug, open invitation
name on the list, it's an alias
not my government
i never show up
i had to grow up hasty
midnight baby
grew up shady
hypnotized by misbehaving
might be wild but she ain't lazy
guillotine this avatar
and reprogram my repertoire
in the fountain of youth
could be frozen in time
put me under the sun
when the fighting is done
when we heal the divide
cuz it wasn't my choice, no
n i hear through the noise
and i see the disguise
i return to the soil
overwhelmed by the void
the before
the before
the before

say it just the one time
don't want to repeat it
i don't need a chorus
you don't need a repetition
tell my niggas i'm sorry
to my niggas who are caught up in the profit
best case you gonna cry in your ferrari
til then you gonna until the party
start
everything fade out
we already livin out loud
n we sayin our vows
running but we can't fall down
never surrender
yes i'm on a bender
n when i bring peace
ain't no one pay attention
but when i get livid
you all want to listen
i still got my breath
still got my vision
still gonna shoot with the best of precision
you gon have to roll with me to my next spot
you gon haev to roll with me to my next thought
follow my attention span, what's my next thought
carrying the weight of my generation
i might have to pimp my trauma
maybe pimp it out a little bit longer
baby, could you put my maker on the line
i got so many words to say
cuz it's my mothafuckin time

wonder if i'll always be this crazy
wonder if i'll always be this crazy
i'm crying cuz i'm missing something pivotal
lost it in the move and lost it in the visuals
if i'm moving a shadow
if i'm changing a habit
do it hurt you to hurt me
it play you to play me
the words may escape you
but they don't escape me
i'll see you one day
and maybe we'll grow
the veil is too thin
i've seen the shadows

credits

from PSYCHOWAVE, released December 4, 2020
Production: Harry Foster
Written by: Kianah Jay
Mixed by Delwin Campbell
Mastered by Tarekith at Inner Portal Studio
Vocal production by Rachel White

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TwoLips Los Angeles, California

TwoLips, AKA Kianah LongChase, is an artist from northern New Mexico. She creates in opposition to domination, uniformity, purity, rigidity, and exploitation, making her the getaway driver in a dystopian city-scape. She's opened for artists such as LP, Mick Jenkins, Austin Millz, and The Pharcyde, LongChase is an enrolled member of the Native Village of Eklutna. She lives and works in LA. ... more

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