Little Simz
Untitled (Freestyle)
(Lyrics from headline performance at Glastonbury Festival, via BBC iPlayer)
[Verse]
I never cared about being immortalised
How can I stand with the opps and not with the tribe?
They say you were dreaming and want you to glorify
Got a rude awakening by ignoring up all the signs
Why did I give you the keys to authorise shit on my behalf?
Now I'm scarred and mortified
What did I expect from those living a corporate life?
Unfortunately, honesty isn't normalised
I had to get my shit together and get organised
If your hand's in my pockets, I'm calling up all the guys
Though I don't wanna be the reason of more divide
I guess it's in my nature of being a water sign
I'm sorta like, "huh"
Nothing is making sense in my awkward mind
Gimme your ears, to lend me for the night
I'm shooting in the dark, guess I never saw the light
Revoke access, I'm running it back, yes
Missing opportunities, I wish I was that pressed
Yeah, I say that shit with my damn chest
You need me, yeah, you feel the loss in my absence
The novelty wears off after a few years
After a few tears, and challenging new fears
Learning everything I did, and on the come-up
We was too busy making music 'til the sun up
Yeah, every day through the summer
I didn't learn the business and now I'm ducking for cover
Shit, what a fuck up
Might just leave a bad case thinking I'm a sucker
Come up at my damn face, yeah, did I stutter?
It's gon' be a sad case if you see my brothers
Yo, I can see how an artist can get tainted, frustrated
They don’t care if your mental is on the brink of something dark as long as you’re cutting somebody's payslip
And sending their kids to private school in a spaceship
I refuse to be on a slave ship
Gimme all my masters and lower your wages
Look, what I'm bringing to the table is more than a feast for the belly of the beast
Didn't know I'm dropping something heavy for the streets
Fuck the politics, I'm going Meghan on you neeks
I need the best seats in the house when the truth unfolds
It's gonna be one hell of a scene
Harry listening from heaven on repeat
He was backing it but nobody believed
Play the game, play the games while they scream
You can play the game, I don't see the need, look
My Saturn return in effect, life doesn't come with presets
My frequency's seamless
They want you give more, expect you to dream less - how?
Got me confessing all my secrets
You ain't the only one under deep stress
Please don't take my kindness for weakness
You get G-checked for your disrespect
Perception and motivation is clinical
More headspace, I been shaving off my occipital
They say you can't hate who you don't love
And they say love is unconditional
They say you can't hate who you don't love
And they say love is unconditional
They say you can't hate who you don't love
And they say love is unconditional
They say you can't hate who you don't love
And they say love is unconditional