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Big UpCycle

from Strangers Love Me by Abiyah

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lyrics

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

credits

from Strangers Love Me, released December 8, 2023
Production and instrumentation by Eugenius (Phillip Smith).
Words, vocals, and vocal arrangements by Abiyah (A. Rawers).
Mastering by Michael J. Collins @ Filthy Broke Recordings.
Recorded by Todd Uttley @ Fuzzy Eyed Studio.

Album cover art by Derek Toebbe.
Album cover and label design and layout by Steve Weinstein.
Album pressing by Solid Merch.

© 2023 Abiyah (Angela Rawers). All Rights Reserved.

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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."
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