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Love Theme from ‘Strangers Love Me’
VERSE 1:
walking by
hi! hi!
and you step inside
it’s sideline me now
like it goes away
high high up on the radar
it’s here to stay
it’s here to stay
but it never goes away
and it never goes away
hold oo-ooon
bye bye bye
feel bo-oond
the pleasure’s mine mine mine
can we find another time
you show light and i feel right
i don’t like how this feels right now
and we see what we can fi-yind
and you try to find another time…like
and i try to find another way
another day
meeting you
when we make eye contact
then it’s true-ue
then it must be (whatever track it can fit on, single vocal )
VERSE 2:
connecting dots up in the spots
might alleviate a little loneliness
even on the sidewalk
don’t wanna be past tense
sometimes feels like strangers love me more than friends
when i rock my own trends yeah
stay in my lane
outside your fame
hope we connect some other time
agaaaa-aaain yeah-eah
HOOK:
and say hi to all the people
you might pass by today
don’t need to know their name
just trade glances to be on the same page
…and strangers like me love you, too.
BRIDGE:
yeah, you know my style is the fire
tells you you can say hi or
the next time you notice me
might be tonight
can you decode
the language of body unknown
is a stranger much stranger
than a friend who is known
alone
is how it presides inside
got solace from a smile
that’s all I need tonight
high-fives and winked eyes
big-ups synchronize
real ones recognize
…what should we say?
HOOK/OUTRO:
and you should say hi to all the people
you might pass by today
don’t need to know their name
just trade glances to be on the same
on the sa-a-ame
ohhh, you know
strangers love me and love you, too
(ohhh, oh, oh-oh-oh)
yes, they do-oo-oo
just say hi to all the people
…and strangers like me love you, too.
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2. |
Invisible
03:34
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Invisible
VERSE 1:
Strut stuff in the middle of the sidewalk
Then they go to side talk
And act like you don’t know-ow-ow
Billboard shows time scored in proximity
And I-I-I won’t hold your door for courtesy-ey
In the line of sight
You pay me no mind
Was it time to stop the show?
Throw a glance at my stance
Check out my hot pa-ants
How could I even know?
That when you look right through me
I’d see you shining like you die
Am I some movie
You skip parts of cuz you’d cry
And fly below radar
When you’re not the star
Slippin’ out on silence
But not too far
HOOK:
You always see me coming
But you never see me go
Always invisible
You’re not too clever to know
Which way the wind blows, oh no
You kiss me off
But I don’t stop
Always invisible
You always see me coming
But you never see me go
VERSE 2:
The last time I saw your face
You were standing on the corner of oblivion
Lift your head up
To face me
Get your headlines in order
Not news to me
If you turned the page
Before you heard me rage
A new design to show you below
How fine I would be for you to know
If you would find
Some other ti-i-i-i-ime
If you could find some other way
To say
Hey-ey-ey
Oh-oh-oh
Hey-ey-ey
Oh-oh-ohhhhhhhhhhh
HOOK:
You always see me coming
But you never see me go
Always invisible
You’re not too clever to know
Which way the wind blows, oh no
You kiss me off
But I don’t stop
Always invisible
You always see me coming
But you never see me go
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3. |
How to Live
04:07
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How to Live
feed me
your meaningless now shows
impact the killing from your mouth withhold
the kisses you miss my pointed slant and
decline the heat inside now cold
i might be
coming ‘round the bend
hands fold
gold not the only precious metal of sin
let’s begin in the place
where innocence belies the sensitive
i will remember
how to live
i will remember
how you lived
i will remember
how to live
i will remember
how you lived
…and how you gave
and you go high
and you go be fly
land in the silence of the street
flip tracks above and underneath
and your heartbeat beat beat beat beat beat boxed them out
and beat beat beat beat beat boxed them in
<but you know that>
picking up the pieces
ain’t so easy when your broken back is sleepless
<but you know that>
picking up the pieces
ain’t so easy when your broken back is sleepless
and you get slept on and on and on until you’re go-o-wone
but not forgotten where you stood
your presence known in neighborhood
and subway always know which way you want to go
and you hold the light
and we can’t decide
which part of us just died
when your voice left the mic
and you gave us life
but you gave us life
find time
it’s a fine time to rewind
your soul is getting light
and i can’t find my sight
lost in your memory
<and you gotta>
find time to remind
<and you gotta>
just how you felt inside
<and you gotta>
when you first went away
if you’re okay
then i’m okay
<you taught me>
how to live
<through>
how you lived
and how you gave
how you gave
how you gave
<you taught me>
how to live
<through>
how you lived
and how you gave
and how you gave
life.
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4. |
Still (feat. Alice Bag)
03:12
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Still (feat. Alice Bag)
VERSE 1 PART 1:
Woke up like my birthday was yesterday
That’s fine
I’m STILL standing
Not waiting in line
I’ve already been there
With no regard to time
And now we shi-i-i-ine
Keep it movin’
And up the pace
No time for disgrace
Over lines on our face
There’s no need to erase
VERSE 1 PART 2 :
Yeah, and we’re told it’s the end
Uh, when we’re really just beginnin’
Our legacy is our friend
Spent years making currency
Disregarding all the trends
Found out much later
It doesn’t matter when
We’re STILL standin’, uh
HOOK:
STILL got it goin’ on
We be more ageless
Don’t mess with that nonsense
Still hit the stage and you know we’re killin’ it
Not sitting STILL for no one
Years and years don’t add up to some
But the math makes us equal
In our hearts who we’ve become
STIIIIIILLLL HEEEEERRE
<chuckle>
VERSE 2::
Are you saying I’m expired
My calendar does not say that
Neither am I retired
But I’m fired up now
And when we’ve been told no way
We say
We spent our whole lives
Building up to slay
Building up to slay
Whatchu say now?
Ha
Whatchu say?
HOOK::
STILL got it goin’ on
We be more ageless
Don’t mess with that nonsense
Still hit the stage and you know we’re killin’ it
Not sitting STILL for no one
Years and years don’t add up to some
But the math makes us equal
In our hearts who we’ve become
STIIIIIILLLL HEEEEERRE
BRIDGE:
(4x)
STILL STANDING
STILL SINGING
STILL DANCING
STILL DREAMING
Whoa
HOOK/OUTRO:
STILL got it goin’ on
We be more ageless
Don’t mess with that nonsense
Still hit the stage, yeah, cuz you know we’re killin’ it
STILL got it goin oh-oh-oh-oh-on
and on and on and on and on
Oh-whoa
<giggle>
Yeah, we ain’t goin’ nowhere
STIIIIIILLLL HEEEEERRE
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5. |
Big UpCycle
03:34
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Big UpCycle
spending time like it’s going to overflow
unlock the treasure down below
you know my eyes can size you up and how
right now it seems it’s over
when it’s just begun
ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo
how fun
it would be
spending time like it’s infinite
in the silence of some benefit
when two things come together
choose to stand instead of sit
how come
woo-ooo-ooo
how fun
it would be
and pick up pick up
when a storm around you blows
oh big up big up
yourself because you know
you might have just outgrown
the feeling but it’s cooool though
just switch it to the other side
try to find another ride or die
no lie
just switch it to the other side
try to find another ride or die-ie-ie
oh
and then I see you there
pull me up
i'm not gonna get left down
in the ground
that’s where I found my sound
Ii fed me back
when I grabbed it by the rootsraps
and cut di slack
yuh
and cut di slack
mi seh cut di slack
[behind above ‘Pull me up…]
i
can
see
when
i
became
strong
and
you
were wrong
you were wrong
when you thought you had some common sense
all the time confusing resistance with resilience
really made no common sense
to turn the asphalt into concrete
and break us into sediment
the sentiment at first was never really evident
let’s think
you could live without me
or you could be a resident
pull the lever
pull the curtain
but you just need to be certain
you’re a real one
first and foremost
no energy i’d be exertin’
now big up big up
now pick up pick up
now big up big up
now pick up pick up
now big up big up
now pick up pick up
i go circa
is go backward
from first thought rewind refrain
i go circa
is go forward
hate the playa
not my name
i go circa
is go backward
from first thought rewind refrain
i go circa
is go forward
hate the playa
not my name
and i can finally go high
lift up from down and low i
and i fought myself for so long
and i don’t know why i’m so strong
and i fought myself for so long
now why am i so strong
it’s taking
it’s taking so long
lift up pick up big up
pick up all the pieces
lift up pick up big up
even when you’re sleepless
lift up pick up big up
all the pieces in our reaches
lift up pick up big up
the dream’s the thing that teaches
lift up pick up big up
lift up pick up big up
pick up pick up
big up big up
big upcycle
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6. |
Dimes
03:21
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Dimes
VERSE 1:
shine on
we get together and make things happen like it’s no thang
move along
and turn the corner with extra speed until we meet again
and nothing is coming sooner
and nothing can come back faster
and silence is overrates in the hearts and minds of all we know
but yet we still tiptoe
HOOK:
and when i look up in the air
and we’re going nowhere inside
tonight
and i’m not the silent type
so i just might drop dimes
unwind
and we run around in circles
trying to find the time
and end up getting nowhere
inside our minds
and we run around in circles trying to find the time tonight
alright
VERSE 2:
closing in on silence
i had a great time
move me like hot stuff
and fuck me like you never cried
you tried to find out
just how i played the game
the same old thang
just by another name
you came in my door
just like months before
and then i realized i want more
(yeah, you heard that right)
i want more
BRIDGE/OUTRO:
and if you saw me under wide open sky
would you stay or deny (don’t try to look away-ay-ay)
and if you opened up that door and looked outside to cry
would you stay (at the end of the night)
would you lie-ie
like
hey hey hey oh
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Let Di Riddim
03:15
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Let Di Riddim
INTRO:
check 1 check 1
checo 1 check 2 (low at end)
check 1 check 1
check 1 check 2 - oo -oo
check 1 check 1
check 1 check 2 (mid-high at end)
check 1 check 1
now wa you wa gwaan do - oo - oo
VERSE 1:
don’t blame me when i try
mi haffi chat up another guy
til you find out what you mean to say
will you mean it like a why-why?
your bye-bye is like a scene (end high)
and you have always been so in-between
don’t even try to tell me
what game it is that you play
HOOK:
kick it up
check the clock
don’t let it get away (boa!)
quick talk
round the block
i forgot your name
in the silence
sparks the flame
send you on your way
take a look inside
then we let di riddim ride
BRIDGE:
when you listen to this sound
you may feel like crying
turn that sound upside down
and you will feel like flying
and you will feel like flying
flying
may even feel like crying
crying
you will feel like flying
fly
no more crying
don’t cry
HOOK:
kick it up
check the clock
don’t let it get away (boa!)
quick talk
round the block
i forgot your name
in the silence
sparks the flame
send you on your way
take a look inside
then we let di riddim ride (ri-i-ide)
BRIDGE:
let di riddim ride
no time fi rewind
press pon di deck
seh mi know i got the time
let di riddim ride
press pon di deck
wheel it and rewind
HOOK/OUTRO
kick it up
check the clock
don’t let it get away (boa!)
quick talk
round the block
i forgot your name
in the silence
sparks the flame
send you on your way
take a look inside
then we let di riddim ride (ri-i-ide)
then we let di riddim ride
then we let di riddim.
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8. |
eMPty
02:58
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eMPty
VERSE 1:
can you hear my voice inside the windowsill?
knockin’ tip-tap boom bap still.
you got to set the level when the sounds lack
non-stop body rock then jump back
kinda like me and you the guru
of saying some things in the new-new
when the lifeline is defined
speak and we will find
this the only way we can get with it on time
the beat is still outstanding
could we tear one moon apart
one side had told it
and it could never be the right time
and we know how redemption goes
treat it like your one-track mind
then run for cover
zip your lip one-time
HOOK:
and when you do say something
your voice will carry in my mind
you soothe and satisfy
but if you don’t mean nothing
grab your mic and say goodbye
your sound denied.
VERSE 2:
and i’m mapping out the words
trying to find verbs that aren’t absurd
when we gonna set aside
me and mine
you in line
what’s another level gonna be
you and me on the side three
in the silence of the melody
empty
BRIDGE:
oh
so empty (your sound)
oh
so empty (your sound)
oh
so empty (your sound)
oh
so empty (your sound)
oh
so empty (your sound)
oh - oh - oh
so empty so empty
(your sound) (your sound)
yay-yee
so empty (your sound)
yeah-uh
so empty (your sound)
yeah - eah - eah - yeah
so empty so empty so empty
(your sound) (your sound)
no
so empty (denied)
oh-no-no
so empty (denied)
no-no-no-oh-oh-oh so empty-eeeee
d e n i e d (hold and extend with line above)
HOOK:
and when you do say something
your voice will carry in my mind
you soothe and satisfy
but if you don’t mean nothing
grab your mic and say goodbye
……denied.
OUTRO:
release me
you replaced the heartbeat of the night
you left me so empty
your sound denied
eep-eep-eep
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VERSE 1:
i sense you
from the ceiling
will you be part of my healing?
or will you be down on the basement side of things?
deep inside of me
and then i touch your face
to erase the tragedy
come closer with those eyes
let me help you memorize
those times between the lines
had you confused all of the time
inside our galaxy
ya lookin’ at me like i’m from outer space
HOOK:
hear me
i’m crying out to the stars in your eyes
stars in your eye-ee-yize
stars in your eye-ee-yize
and we’re satellites
move round your planet every night
inside our galaxy
ya lookin’ at me like i’m from outer space
be near me
i’m crying out to the stars in your eyes
stars in your eye-ee-yize
stars in your eye-ee-yize
and you magnetize
intergalactic overdrive
inside our galaxy
i’m lookin’ at you like you’re from outer space
BRIDGE:
how do you cry-y-y
when you go in the city and tune out
where do you fly-y-y
when the sky has fallen into night
whoa, hey
whatchu say?
when you gonna look my way?
like we go sideways
seeing you when we’ve let go
and we know
we’ll take it slow
and you grow
and i ride
and we move
and we change
and the times
they go slow
and we don’t know
we’ll take it slow
and you grow
and i ride
and we move
and we change
and the times
they go slow
and we don’t know
we’ll take it slow
and you grow
and i ride
and we move
and we change
and the times
they go slow
and we don’t know
so we let go
so we let go
so we let go
HOOK:
hear me
i’m crying out to the stars in your eyes
and we’re satellites
move round your planet every night
inside our galaxy
ya lookin’ at me like i’m from outer space
be near me
i’m crying out to the stars in your eyes
and you magnetize
intergalactic overdrive
inside our galaxy
i’m lookin’ at you like you’re from outer space
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10. |
Noisewhere to Go
02:40
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Noisewhere to Go
can you tell me where i want to go
can you tell me where cuz i don’t know
can you tell me where i’ll be tomorrow
noisewhere to go
no no no
sometimes i don’t think you really mean it
if that’s the case, you can go ahead and beat it beat it
step right up if you really wanna feel it feel it
find me on the map so i can gon and dream it dream it
don’t follow the leader
but sometimes i get lost
swerving up and down the street
no matter what the cost
but then i find out later misdirection was my mess
you fill in the rest
yes
and i’ve got noisewhere to go
can you show me how to find
and i’ve got noisewhere to go
can you find the time (*solo*)
hi-hiiiiii (on both backing tracks, total of 3 on this line)
i might leave here now
and i can’t drive you
cuz i’ve got noisewhere to go
no
i’m turning left and turning right
leaning hard into my oversight
with no direction
it’s gonna be a long night
a long night
right?
give me quiet time
i’m not like
when you go and abide this life
wow
you just wanna sit down
and say ‘shit!’
are you ready to roll
go downtown
to the undergrou-ou-ound
find out what’s underneath all that shit
underneath me
and i’ve got noisewhere to go
and i’ve got noise where to go
and i’ve got noise where to go
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Abiyah Cincinnati, Ohio
Boundary-blurring curveball collage of electronica, dancehall, indie rock, avant-hip hop, & punk blended with the fury of a
free wild muse.
"Abiyah is the queen of all the mechanical parts of your heart. Her songs let you breathe underwater. She's the only thing your brain and your hips can agree on."
--Open Mike Eagle (L.A.-Mello Music Group)
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