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'Don't Forget (raw mix)' is the first exhale from the project BREATH TAPES; a series of unmastered, one take recordings and meditations by okcandice.
lyrics
LYRICS
Well, it's like..
Well, you know...
Well you know what it's like to be fine, when you're not
When you know what it's like to tell lies and you rot inside
Fleshing out the 'me' inside
Wonder if I'll make it right
Can I be my only prize?
I wanna see the world inside
I wanna see my world in lights
I wanna make my only time on this planet worth it
Are you worth it?
Am I worth it to you?
Am I? Am I worth it?
Don't forget to put the 'ok' when you say my name (x2)
I worked too hard for this
I worked too hard for this
I need you to say 'ok' before you say my name
What do you mean you ain't...
What do you mean you ain't got space for me?
I carved my own way
What do you mean...
What do you mean you ain't got space for me?
I carved my own lane
I think I disagree with the way you try to put the pavement down
When I've been flying so high I don't even recognise ground
I don't even recognise...ground
Don't forget to say 'ok' before you say my name (x2)
Don't forget to say 'ok' before you say the rest of my name
Don't know how much more I can make that shit clear
In this life, when they think you're not right they toss you with the rest of the piles of rotten fruit
But they didn't know that my juice was real sweet
And I've got my own use
Too many times in this life I was given lemons but I didn't know how to make lemonade
So I gotta..I gotta find my own beverage today, my own beverage today
I'm parched, I'm parched, I'm parched
I could use another beverage today
Somebody teach me how to make lemonade (x2)
I — don't forget to say 'ok' before you say my name
Don't forget to say 'ok' before you say my name
Too many times in this life I figured I would be better off dead
Too many slashes to my wrist, too many thoughts in my head
I had to let it out somehow
I thought mama dying would make me a better liar
But I see through my own shit
I can't quit, I can't quit
And best believe I tried but I can't
Not on this life, not this time, I —
I got so fucking adamant that I had to be better than my forefathers
I know they tried, I know they tried, they tried
And so I gotta do my time
I need you to not forget the 'ok' before you say my name
Cos I'm really trying, I'm really trying to be that
I'm trying to be that
Don't forget to say 'ok' before you say my name
Cos I'm really trying to be that
I'm really trying to be that...be that person, yeah
When I wrote this one, I didn't write it down
I just let the words flow from the dome to my tongue
Too much saliva in my mouth, you can hear it when I sing
That's why they call it spit
I spit these bars because I'm full of it
Ahh, my water in my body is vibrating, this energy is captivates me
I need to know, there's another way to get it out other than crying
I've been crying, I've been crying, yeah
You could call it...you could call it piscean luck
I know, I know, I know, you're tired of hearing about the stars and mercury retrograde and all them things but sometimes they hold weight
I'm in the middle of my Saturn return
And all the lessons learned are cycles I should have known when I was six
But what a bitch it is to realise
that we keep going round and round and round and round
until we get it right
Don't forget to say the 'ok' before you say my name, yeah
I'm really trying to be that for you and for me
I can't forget me in all of this
Don't forget to say the 'ok' before you say my name, yeah
I'm really trying to be that for you
To be that for me
To be that for my mom and my family
I've been really trying, really trying
But I'm so...I'm so tired, yeah
I'm so tired, yeah
I'm so tired, yeah
So tired, yeah
If you could see these tears fall
You'd understand why I have to let it out
let it out, let it out, let it out, let it out
I keep it simple so you understand the complexity of being o-k-c-a-n-d-i-c-e
Sometimes you have to spell it out
Spell it out for me
Don't forget to say 'ok' before you say my name, yeah
I just gotta let you know that I'm really trying
I'm really trying to be that...be that
Don't forget to say 'ok' before you say my name, yeah
I'm really trying to be that, yeah
I'm really trying to be that, yeah
I'm really trying to be that, yeah
I'm really trying to be that, yeah
I'm really trying to be that, yeah
I'm really trying
I'm really trying
I'm really trying
credits
released January 17, 2024
Lyrics - Candice Nembhard (okcandice)
Production - Candice Nembhard (okcandice)
Artwork - Candice Nembhard (okcandice)
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