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Think
03:57
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Think! - Written & Performed By Kudzai For Parvenu Digital Ltd
Verse One
I can hardly look myself in the mirror, Help!
I’m a shadow of my former self, whom I shelved
Without thinking through the consequences
And now I write bars for Benzes, Moncler shoes and Audis
It’s hard to get me rowdy at most my mind is cloudy
Ideas come from left and right
I’ve learned I’m at best at night
I picture me with peace, abundance comes with ease
We live good and now my mum no longer has to lease
The pennies keep piling, the creditors are smiling
Tax rebates are the only things we’re filing
We’ve been through hell but you can hardly tell
On my last leg I was cashing in my world
I ‘d sell it to the devil I used to be trouble
Then life broke me down and left me pretty fucking humble
I’ve come a long way and now I’ve finally made it here
I swore on nan’s grave that I’m breaking out this year
Hook X2
I don’t ever want to step from this path that I’m treading on
Living good is the only thing that I’m ready for
When I was young my father taught stand your ground like you ought to son
Through hard times don’t you ever let yourself think you ought to run
Verse Two
I could throw in the towel and walk away
To live the easy life sponging off your pay
And when they ask me what happened I’ll say I tried
Shit I couldn’t lie I’m a stand up kind of guy
I’m a bit too righteous for my own good
But I’d keep every last damn thing I’ve gone through
Who’s to say what’s the meaning of our tribulations
Through all the time that we’ve been waiting we’ve grown impatient
And I know there’s no limit to my spirit
So I don’t fret against change and trending gimmicks
The love of my life is at my front door
My mind could never understand so this is what my heart’s for
And when its all set and done we’ll leave the past behind
Debunking every myth that happiness is hard to find
It took a long flight, my mother came a long way
My brother’s had a long fight, my sister’s had a long day
Bridge
True to what I know, true to what I know
I’m true to what I know, true to what I know
True to what I know, true to what I know
I’m true to what I know, true to what I know
Hook X2
I don’t ever want to step from this path that I’m treading on
Living good is the only thing that I’m ready for
When I was young my father taught stand your ground like you ought to son
Through hard times don’t you ever let yourself think you ought to run
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2. |
Additives
03:15
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Kudzai - Additives
Version 1
Take your meds keep quiet we don’t need you causing riots
Keep your mouth zipped up and realise you’re not a griot
Big pharma, churning out some more young Dahmers
They like office workers, stock brokers and farmers
They like obedience, just do as you’re told
You’re only fighting for your life, but they’re fighting for a hold
A grip on a greater cause, so long as they don’t take a loss
On all those finances how do you think that they’re to face their boss
Tomorrow they’re getting grief beef and sorrow
So tell them if you have a few tears that they can borrow
Thinking off the families whose pain they’ve failed to remedy
Instead they’ve only messy’d up their lives much like Kennedy
Brains splattered and served it up on a platter
We’ve been waiting for that moment when they’d tell us that we mattered
Our lives in a handful, one man decides our fate
They lock us down with the same funds that you provide the state
Hook
I heard that you were skipping your meds
Thinking out loud growing out your dreds
Son won’t listen to an old man words
On a man’s words
I think we need to take a step back
It’s going to take a while just to get you on track
And if you stuck, we’ve got your back
We’ve got your back
Verses 2
In this world of injustices there’s only one loser
Now they’re using Jamie Oliver to and try tax sugar
Since when did money solve problem
How many wars in the recent past have we forgotten
How many times do we need to run the same motion
There’s a much a bigger world out there that’s wide open
That’s why I keep from ever giving up and stay hoping
Hoping to get in touch with a greater world just like the Hopi
Back in the day I was brush, young and pretty cocky
But now I fight for the right of everyone that ever fought me
In my mind’s eye we’re moving on like nation
I stay calm a far cry from when I’d lose my patience
Because I know that my expansion as soul’s at stake
I’m picking up momentum never shall I push the brakes
So big Pharma pull out your best medicine
There’s more bounty on your arse than foreign venison
Hook
I heard that you were skipping your meds
Thinking out loud growing out your dreds
Son won’t listen to an old man words
On a man’s words
I think we need to take a step back
It’s going to take a while just to get you on track
And if you stuck, we’ve got your back
We’ve got your back
Written & Performed by Kudzai For Parvenu Digital Ltd
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3. |
Liquorice
03:17
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Liquorice
Written By Kudzai A. Chisango for Parvenu Digital Ltd
Verse 1
I closed my eyes and awoke to a nightmare
My God what a tragedy
I thought mirages didn’t happen in reality
I had plans until life went sour
We started off brave but now we cower
Putting on smiles on for some tea time banter
I couldn’t face without seeing the glass shutter
And I’m half decent looking dude
I’ve been known to get ladies in the mood
But still it doesn’t take away from all my bruises
I push the red button and I hope that nuke cruises
And doesn’t cause too much damage
Even if it does somehow we’ll still manage
The things that I’d do to relive my childhood
The truth leaves my belly grumbling like foul food
I get riled up while things are getting piled up
Flick the switch and see me coming at you like a vile thug
Hook
Black like liquorice, sweet like sugar
The situation is getting messy like kruger
Everybody has a few thoughts to offer
But when it goes South is when they never ever bother
Black like liquorice, sweet like sugar
The situation is getting messy like kruger
Everybody has a few words to spare
As the odds pile against us they couldn’t care
Verse 2
I closed my eyes in the hope that I dreaming
I’m 26 now and still scheming
Fended off my demons, I’m facing down a known situation
We’re counting down time and I’m losing all my patience
Just living in my mind until I make it to that haven
I need that boom bap, my alternative to raving
I step up the ladder then get pushed back down
I haven’t built a vision just to lose it all now
Running around like a headless chicken aimlessly
But never one to quit I’ll give these people what they came to see
Nothing is given I strive to stay driven
Even if I lose it all my heart is still smitten
I took seat back as the years passed by
Clueless youngins asking who’s that guy
Let me say it once mate they call me Kudzai
Rub me off the wrong way I’ll send your wisdom teeth flying
Bridge
Black like liquorice sweet like sugar
Black like liquorice sweet like sugar
Black like liquorice sweet like sugar
Black like liquorice sweet like sugar
Hook
Black like liquorice, sweet like sugar
The situation is getting messy like krueger
Everybody has a few thoughts to offer
But when it goes South is when they never ever bother
Black like liquorice, sweet like sugar
The situation is getting messy like kruger
Everybody has a few words to spare
As the odds pile against us they couldn’t care
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4. |
Sleep
02:08
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Sleep
You need to get some sleep
Forget about this mess
Tomorrow is brighter day
I hope that you don’t lose your way
Follow the path that your heart is painting you
Like a yellow brick road but pray the wicked never saw you
Let peace be your guiding light
I wonder what you’ll find tonight
When you fall into slumber
In this fairly warm summer
The kick’s heavy a stallion’s hind legs
Since I never choke there’s no need for that Heimlich
Maneuver through life like a rat in a cage
And God’s the man in white lab coat
In the context at hand what’s the point of being G.O.A.T
The same way you came you’re going to die alone
I know in real life it’s not the same as that night flick
But you could loosen up and do away with that tight lip
You stare for too long in my direction I might flip
I’m never ready me I tend I shoot from my right hip
Comfort is luxury afforded to the selfish
In my being stone-broke I start to see what wealth is
Follow your dreams that’s why they show in first person
If I took a guess, I’m guessing things couldn’t worsen
It’s rock bottom like a nightmarish hellish pit
Skin’s rotten that there’s really not a spot to slit
It’s pretty weird how I’ve started hating mirrors
The present so bleak I hope to see the future clear
We never hold back hoping God might finally hear us
My dearest getting dearer with guiding angels near her
The devil is in my ear telling me these sweet nothings
Sometimes I can be naive maybe I just need loving
A little reassurance never hurt
It never goes much further as I only flirt, anymore is dirt
I’m sick of lacking worth like a sack of mucky earth
I’m insecure as fuck like a 40 something schmuck
Maybe I can get some likes if I pout them like a duck
By the way my name’s Kudz, the secret been let loose
I’m here to feed you rot goose I’m vicious like a mongoose
Think of it like death in the fact we don’t choose how in the end all lose
I thought that this was old news
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5. |
Dear Father
05:15
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Dear Father
Verse
You hurt one’s who love you, you never learn your lesson
Considering that you are still alive, count your blessings
A broken mind, continuing the path in a broken line
Your tribal mindset’s keeping you from what you feel inside
You fucked your family you no good loser
You…you pathetic excuse of man you chick bruiser
You try that shit again I’ll have you missing in an instance
Pull your body through the marsh, your screams echo in the distance
I’ve no time for idiots I never said I’m perfect
I know I have my errors, then again I have my method
Yeah I’m old fashioned, if you slap me then i’ll leave stunned
It’s not personal, for when I knock you out I’m having fun
You loser, you shambles, you’re nothing but a lame
I’m afraid, I’m ashamed to admit we share a name
There’s nothing more in common than the coding in our helixes
You rain on my parade again you’re burning like the phoenixes
[Yes dear]
Chorus
Yes dear Father yes you’ve grown a bit older
Your brazen antics prove you’ve grown a bit bolder
But that’s where it stops you’re a child with a beard
I want nothing more to do with you, I hope I made it clear
Yes dear Father yes you’ve grown a bit older
You still don’t care I feel your heart has grown a bit colder
To you the truth I wouldn’t cry if you were gone
And the way that you are going, you probably going to die a lone
And that’s
Verse 2
You tore apart your family and ran to your religion
Which was just another thing that came to add to our division
Delusions in your mind make it hard for me to find
Anyway to move past your persistence in your pride
Your family is ridden by so many scandals
I might have been delinquent and I might have been vandal
I might have been selfish and not for doing big deeds
At least my heart’s clear unlike the rest of you inbreeds
I’m sickened to my belly from the tales I’ve heard about you
You might as well disappear I wouldn’t try to find you
The least that I can do is leave you rotting by yourself
And when it comes full circle nah I aint the one to help
If you wonder why, think about all the fear
All the time you made my mother shed cold tears
She doesn’t need the hate, because she needs her mind clear
So from me to you I hope you suffer in your gold years
[Yes dear father]
Chorus
Yes dear Father yes you’ve grown a bit older
Your brazen antics prove you’ve grown a bit bolder
But that’s where it stops you’re a child a beard
I want nothing more to do with you, I hope I made it clear
Yes dear Father yes you’ve grown a bit older
You still don’t care I feel your heart has grown a bit colder
To you the truth I wouldn’t cry if you were gone
And the way that you are going, you probably going to die a lone
And that’s
Verse 3
Remember when you tried to hit my mother
And standing in-between you was my tormented brother
I was right behind him edging closer in a fit
A weight in my hand about to make your head split
You made my boil blood by your lack of human decency
If you’re going to have a family then do it reasonably
How many times have you failed to make the grade
But never did we ask for anything when you got paid
And then came my brother, when you had that big fight with it
Then three days later I knew something wasn’t right with him
I looked at his face, his expressions weren’t the same now
And later that evening he would have his first breakdown
Police came around, they had him pinned against the ground
I was thirteen year olds and wanting to shout
So after hearing this if you find that you’re lost for words
Remember that before I end your life, I’d have you tortured first
[Oi dear father]
Bridge x2
Oi, Dear daddy
I said, Oi dear daddy
[Dear father]
Oi, Dear daddy
I said, Oi…
[Dear father]
Chorus
Yes dear Father yes you’ve grown a bit older
Your brazen antics prove you’ve grown a bit bolder
But that’s where it stops you’re a child a beard
I want nothing more to do with you, I hope I made it clear
Yes dear Father yes you’ve grown a bit older
You still don’t care I feel your heart has grown a bit colder
To you the truth I wouldn’t cry if you were gone
And the way that you are going, you probably going to die a lone
And that’s sad
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Kudzai Albert UK
Having graduated with a BA in Creative Music Production from the Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford Kudzai Albert started the record label and creative content platform – Parvenu Digital. The aim of Parvenu Digital is and always will be about the cultivation of authentic and boundary pushing creative content. ... more
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