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Sold Secrets

from Abiyah Sampler by Abiyah

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A haunting and powerful recounting of a past relationship and the secrets that led to its downfall.

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check 1, check 2, check 3
now go your way
check 1, check 2, check 3
now go your way
check 1, check 2, check 3
please go away

inherent in the transit of waste
complained by taste in mouth
south of red river
misgiver tossed lifeline
time spaced out
between moon and clout
sliced sliver
deliver clockout
sprint the gamut
with tongue on lockout
sweet nothings saw the window
so they flocked out
Mondrian on my skirt
so i blocked out
spot on sacrosanct blank tablet
slept habit on interlude
bwoy culture rude
vulture on the motherlode
rolled hip to the static
dramatic tongue on the touchtone
shown in desperate measure
treasure by the pound
plundered downtown
found drunk in misgivings
living drought until drown
sound wet from the ceiling
reeling in hook-shock
rock star gangsta lean
mean tight with the wisdom
lockdown on cock
barrel stock lit up
marquee spit corrupt
border of street front
blunt my lips
bits sedentary on relax
smacks hoes up kneecaps
crusted dungeon riding shotgun
run black into ice
nice not in vernacular
macular region on low
slow behind door close
rose to code leveled
several gone hesitant
rant on the new champ
stamp to the sequence
amidst afropunk and eclipse.

chorus:
i sold secrets
i sold secrets
i sold secrets
to the highest bidder
i sold secrets

dredge bottom feeder
leader of nothing
squander lessons learned
in the promised land
wandered through desert and storm
warm from my held hand
man down on the come-up
lift up shroud as evidence
livin’ in the basement of gravity
that’s you, baby
president of the government of depravity
crate dug in time
rhymed at 33 1/3
learned vinyl was only plastic with a reverb
ya heard
words exchanged at the intersection
of plead the fifth and dimension
sun shone in reflection
the mirror deception
marilyn mccoo-ed the recollection
everybody’s has a record
of your crimes
dimes spent in pieces
spits leafless on notebooks
looks three-subject wide-eyed
slide on blacktop at recess
sense sandbox needs shovel
rubble is that homeroom
soon seen shot on the lowdown
throwdown flyby on the coop
loop liquid as it tumbles
fumbles in the drone zone
phone alone last digits
hit the reverse
cursed smooth on the swerve
nerve held in detention
mention crash boom bang
i left it on the side of the road
section smash room hang
bereft of all verbs that flowed
slowed meteor and showered in undertow
blow knuckle into hitlist.

chorus

outro:
your secrets are yours
they are not mine
i flipped you on a dime
now whatchu gonna do?

credits

from Abiyah Sampler, released October 27, 2016
Lyrics by Abiyah (Cincinnati) and music by Possible Address (St. Petersburg, Russia).

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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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