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MISKEEN TEE [ SINGLE PACK ]

by Def Sound

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It took till my mid 30’s To get what don’t water me Only makes me thirsty hung us like jury Spit Jewelry Dipped like waves w/ the murrays all my enemies and my mini me’s keep taking an L I’m sure you’ve seen em they ain't taking it well like bad casting director they playing themselves how you looking for love that you don’t display to yourself Hmmmm Are those actions or just captions Hmmm Are you balding or just capping Oooh I like my currency w/ accents Bring the light to the Aperture Some niggas out here cancerous We ain’t from the same diaspora Twerking w/ the devil Dance w/ it We just reaping what they sew out we grew like a grow opp collectively like a co opp’s This is one for thee griots we grew like a grow opp collectively like a co opp’s Verse 2 :: things got heavy w/ my ex I mean real real deep It was heavy on my chest like Miskeen tee Miss Missing me That’s Birds eye third cc’ed me Divinity ain’t dividends Learning how to forgive again European standards Sure are limiting Ever forgot you were powerful Resent who you handed power to? Went from time be malleable To time being valuable But Money gives the illusion of choice I’m the reflection that you trying to avoid The importance of presence the importance of poise I ain’t trying to bootstrap niggas but success is a choice Verse 3 Middle passing you the message South Central I gotta rep it Know my minds a lethal weapon We aint buying what they sold to us Done hip hop homophobia Listen Black liberation mean no transphobia I’m really bout that freedom bruh Don’t let it go way over you heads like Yamukkah over dreds Like top bunk over bed I said if we Black Lives matter then we really gotta live if we Black Lives matter then we really gotta live
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about

The drip is 84 BPM’s.
Riddims written woven intro the fabric of consciousness.
If music is a garment then I wanted to share a song as a wardrobe or an entire outfit one can try on as needed.


#MISKEENTEE is Inspired by the days I would shop at the Men's Land in the Fox Hills mall, this song is about growing out of things that no longer fit us. The Miskeen Tee was an ugly oversized garment that pre tended to be art that we paid $78 for in order to show people we could, not because it was good or quality but was a symbology for the ego. The ego is heavy and so is this song. The ego is uncomfortable, expensive and symbolize a wealth and excess we have no respect for but we can't seem to live without.

The tee no longer fits me. It's about the willingness to change into something more form fitting.

credits

released October 23, 2020

[ Prod. by LAFEMMEBEAR + Def Sound ]

Trumpet 🎺 by Emile Martinez
(@emilemartinez_trumpet)
www.instagram.com/emilemartinez_trumpet/

Strings 🎻 by Annabelle Maginnis
(@annabellemaginnismusic)
www.instagram.com/annabellemaginnismusic/

Mixed + Mastered by LAFEMMEBEAR
(@lafemmebearmusic)
www.instagram.com/lafemmebearmusic/

Art.work(ed) by Machell Andre
(@machell.andre)
www.instagram.com/machell.andre/



The sample we used is a beautiful song by Nia Andrews called Seems So.
niaandrews.bandcamp.com/track/seems-so


[ Lyrics ] ::

It took till my mid 30’s
To get what don’t water me
Only makes me thirsty
hung us like jury
Spit Jewelry
Dipped like waves w/ the murrays

all my enemies
and my mini me’s
keep taking an L
I’m sure you’ve seen em
they ain't taking it well
like bad casting director they playing themselves
how you looking for love that you don’t display to yourself
Hmmmm
Are those actions or just captions
Hmmm
Are you balling or just capping
Oooh
I like my currency w/ accents

Bring the light to the Aperture
Some niggas out here cancerous
We ain’t from the same diaspora
Twerking w/ the devil Dance w/ it

We just reaping what they sew out
we grew like a grow opp
collectively like a co opp’s

This is one for thee griots
we grew like a grow opp
collectively like a co opp’s




Verse 2 ::
things got heavy w/ my ex
I mean real real deep
It was heavy on my chest like Miskeen tee
Miss
Missing me
That’s Birds eye third cc’ed me

Divinity ain’t dividends
Learning how to forgive again
European standards
Sure are limiting

Ever forgot you were powerful?
Resent who you handed power to?
Went from time be malleable
To time being valuable


But Money gives the illusion of choice
I’m the reflection they been trying to avoid
The importance of presence the importance of poise
I ain’t trying to bootstrap niggas but success is a choice
What up?


Verse 3
Middle passing you the message
South Central I gotta rep it
Know my minds a lethal weapon
Keep my energy directed

We aint buying what they sold to us
Done
hip hop homophobia
Listen Black liberation mean no transphobia
I’m really bout that freedom bruh
Don’t let it go over your heads like Yamukkah’s over dreds
or top bunks of the bed

I said
if we Black Lives matter then we really gotta live
if we Black Lives matter then we really gotta live!

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Def Sound Los Angeles, California

Def Sound is an Afro-Caribbean transdisciplinary artist. born and based in South Central LA. Def is a non binary Grammy Award considered contemporary hip-hop artist, producer, published poet, and award winning academic. Def is currently teaching Hip Hop Critical Theory & Practice at the California Institute of the Arts. ... more

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