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SCARAB

by Khalil Anthony

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mistymourning call me early sitting waiting by the window i’m waiting waiting for you to come home misty morning mistymourning call me early sitting waiting by the window i’m waiting waiting for you to come home misty morning I miss you- mistymourning call me early sitting waiting by the window i’m waiting waiting for you to come home misty morning I miss you mama mama where you going mama mama you going back mama mama where you going - - - so important that you live me mama mama where you going - - - so important that you live me mistymourning call me early sitting waiting by the window i’m waiting waiting for you to come home misty morning I miss you mistymourning call me early sitting waiting by the window i’m waiting waiting for you to come home misty morning mistymourning call me early sitting waiting by the window i’m waiting waiting for you to come home misty morning mistymourning call me early sitting waiting by the window i’m waiting waiting for you to come home misty morning mama mama where you going mama mama you going back mama mama where you going - - - so important that you live me mama mama where you going so important that you leave me mistymourning miss you in the morning missed you this morning mama mama where you going so important that you leave me mistymourning miss you in the morning missed you this morning missed you this morning missed you misty hey hey hey mistymourning missed you in the morning I miss you mama mistymourning missed you in the morning I miss you mama mistymourning missed you in the morning I miss you mama mistymourning missed you in the morning I miss you mama
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little people everywhere step on them we don’t need them they don’t contribute to this world squash them and replace them don’t know reason to save them if we out for self then its just us little people everywhere little people everywhere they don’t contribute to this world these little muthafucka you why wont you just move they don’t contribute to my world so tired of looking at you little people everywhere if we out for self then it’s just us little people everywhere we don’t need them get out the way little people everywhere we don’t need them step on them we don’t need them they change my world little people god still there push them and move them little people everywhere if the little people they don’t mean a thing yeah I will never lie yeah I will never die yeah I will never lie yeah I will never die yeah I will never lie yeah I will never die yeah I will never lie yeah I will never die yeah I will never lie yeah I will never die yeah I will never lie yeah I will never die yeah I will never lie yeah I will never die
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No matter what time Come see me if you want to No matter the day Come see me if you want to Been waiting here too long For some company Been playing with myself too long I need some company Come see me if you want No matter what time Come see me if you want to No matter the day Come see me if you want No matter what time Come see me if you want to No matter the day Been waiting too long Been playing with myself too long No matter the day Come See Me Come See Me Come See Me See About Me Come See Me
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Give me love This is where they put you when they don’t need you anymore It’s like a store But no people come here anymore The church of the forgotten people Where we commune We dance way past noon All the people to not be consumed Seem like they got their fill off of us And I don’t want to be On the auction block anymore I am not for sell This is our hymn The church of the forgotten people This is our hymn The church of the forgotten people I’m not for sell Put us back on the shelf Put us back on the shelf They not interested in us anymore Change the face Rename the palce Say you created jazz And more lies like that Found refuge with my people Thank god you forgot all about us So we can be together Away from you The church of the forgotten people Where we commune (where) We dance way past noon All the people to not be consumed The church of the forgotten people Where we commune (where)We dance way past noon (where)We dance way past noon Thank god you forgot about us Thank god Make up all your history Say you created It’s your world Just leave me alone Forget about me Forget about me Forget about us So we can dance Commune The Church of the Forgotten People The Church of the Forgotten People The Church of the Forgotten People We dance The Church of the Forgotten People The Church of the Forgotten People The Church of the Forgotten People Seems like they got their fill off us The Church of the Forgotten People Don’t wanna be On the auction block no more Forgotten People The Church of the Forgotten People My Church of The Forgotten People The Church of the Forgotten People Forget about me Forget about me So we can commune Forget about me Forget about me So we can dance Forget about me Forget about me Forget about me Forget about me What we use to be
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Yeah we can have fun. If I was writing a story about it It would be like something like this Black man rolls a joint in his apartment Where he does every fucking day Goes down stairs smokes it. (police sirens) COPS Nigga Like I’m standing there Called the cops on me Like What ? And I’m like Well you know at the end of the day did they really call the COPS on me Or it’s just COPS there? (police sirens) Called the cops on me They pulled up next to me like HEY HEY HEY HEY Guns drawn NO SMOKING TREE IN PUBLIC One gun looks like seventeen to me Ohhhh, I am smoking weed but PUT THE JOINT DOWN Ok, joint is down now Hands up in the air I don’t want to die ‘for smoking tree Um, who called the COPS on me, oh I mean who called y’all? Who called the COPS on me? UH, IT WAS APARTMENT THREE Apartment three? I mean, hmmm, apartment three? They called the COPS on me They called the COPS on me I was just outside smoking tree I was just smoking tree with them yesterday Black Man Black Man Somebody Called the COPS on me They called the cops on me CAN WE SEE YOUR ID CAN WE SEE YOUR ID Please don’t shot me hey hey CAN WE SEE YOUR ID CAN WE SEE YOUR ID CAN WE SEE YOUR ID They called the COPS on me CAN WE SEE YOUR ID Please don’t shoot me CAN WE SEE YOUR ID CAN WE SEE YOUR ID Please don’t shoot me hey CAN WE SEE YOUR ID Black Man Black Man Somebody They called the COPS on me I was just smoking tree with them yesterday Hmmm CAN WE SEE YOUR ID CAN WE SEE YOUR ID Um somebody Um somebody I mean at the end of the day nigga im still alive to tell the story so I’m like hey Um somebody You know im still alive to tell the story so I’m like hey Um somebody You know im still alive to tell the story so I’m like hey Um somebody You know im still alive to tell the story so I’m like hey Um somebody You know im still alive to tell the story so I’m like hey Um somebody You know im still alive to tell the story so I’m like hey Um somebody You know im still alive to tell the story so I’m like hey Um somebody You know im still alive to tell the story so I’m like hey Um somebody You know im still alive to tell the story so I’m like hey They called the COPS on me They called the COPS on me I was just outside smoking tree I was just smoking tree with them yesterday Black Man Black Man Um Somebody They called the COPS on me They called the COPS on me CAN WE SEE YOUR ID CAN WE SEE YOUR ID CAN WE SEE YOUR ID CAN WE SEE YOUR ID CAN WE SEE YOUR ID Somebody CAN WE SEE YOUR ID They called the COPS on me CAN WE SEE YOUR ID Uh, here’s my iD nigga, I mean, here’s my iD Hands back in the sky Shit nigga, Don’t shoot me Every damn day You be on facebook trying to write a nice post and shit Here’s a dAMN nigga shot dead You like GOD damn They call the COPS on you And you dead So im sitting in this situation Like okay cool Im still alive Keep your hands in the air My god damn balls start itching Im like don’t scratch your balls Hey They called the cops on me Don’t move your hands blood Hey OHKAY UM WE GON LET YOU GO TODAY Thank you You gon let me go Thank God Don’t shoot me I was very thankful They kill niggas out here I could be doing anything Walking my baby nigga Going to the airport Im going to get me some muthafucking tampons not for me but Im getting them I’m buying them and nig hey Could be anything Going to see my grandma Thanksgiving Christmas can we get a fucking a holiday from killing niggas ayee Ohh keep killing me Skittles nigga skittles A snickers nigga All these cavities aint gonna kill me Oh and They’ll shoot me I mean Its what they’ve done before You know what im saying Hey I might be dead right now Hey I might be dead right now Calling the COPS Hey Skittles and a soda I might be dead right now Calling the COPS I might be dead right now Skittles and a soda I might be dead right now I might be dead right now I was like pissed that these niggas called the COPS on me I might be dead right now I might be dead right now I might be dead right now I might be dead right now I might be dead right now I might be dead right now I might be dead right now I might be dead right now I might be dead right now I might be dead right now I might be dead right now I might be dead right now I might be dead right now I might be dead right now They Called the COPS on me CAN WE SEE YOUR ID CAN WE SEE YOUR ID CAN WE SEE YOUR ID CAN WE SEE YOUR ID CAN WE SEE YOUR ID CAN WE SEE YOUR ID CAN WE SEE YOUR ID CAN WE SEE YOUR ID CAN WE SEE YOUR ID CAN WE SEE YOUR ID CAN WE SEE YOUR ID CAN WE SEE YOUR ID CAN WE SEE YOUR ID CAN WE SEE YOUR ID CAN WE SEE YOUR ID CAN WE SEE YOUR ID

about

Urban Folk Music & Black Beacon Sound unite with Khalil Anthony to present ‘SCARAB’; a full length follow up to 2018’s celebrated ‘JUNE BUG’ album of original works.

Oakland (USA)-based outfit, Urban Folk Music, and Sheffield (U.K.) record label, Black Beacon Sound, welcome a wealth of artistry on this nine track LP featuring sliced-up cuts, reworks and re-edits for remix duty, encapsulating an international vision on Khalil’s music inspired by its spread between New York, Amsterdam, Manchester, Paris, Chicago, Johannesburg, Oakland, Accra and Sheffield.

‘SCARAB’ resonates across many aspects in culture, society and music thanks to its Worldwide makeup of producers and musicians thus illustrating Khalil’s love and passion for music and the arts.

So with much anticipation, SCARAB presents:
1. Pink Elephants (Apta Remix)
2. Misty Morning (Rimarkable Remix)
3. Can’t W8 feat. Sh8peshifter (Awotwi Remix)
4. Black Matter (Afrikan Sciences Remix)
5. Reign Down feat. Malik Ameer (Rimarkable Remix)
6. Little (Fred Buddha Remix)
7. Come See Me (Marcel Vogel Remix)
8. Silent Sun (Brother Aten Remix)
9. Dead Right Now feat. Malik Ameer (Black Beacon Sound Remix)

credits

released June 9, 2020

ll original music written by Khalil Anthony + Champagne.
Additional production on each track completed by subsequent remix artists: Apta, Rimarkable, Awotwi Kweku Aacht, Afrikan Sciences, Fred Buddha, Marcel Vogel, Brother Aten Wood Work Collective, Sh8peshifter, Malik Ameer & Black Beacon Sound.

Tracks 2, 5 & 8 mixed by Dave Evans.
All tracks mastered by Dave Evans.

Artwork by Benny Maths.
Album cover design by Khalil Anthony.

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Khalil Anthony Berlin, Germany

khalil anthony is a polymath. a multi-disciplinary artist working with varying mediums and media. his work investigates the relationship between spirit and space, the black body, sexuality, society, and the urban experience. a sought-after creative consultant, and artistic director anthony has worked with international organizations and businesses around cultural equity and strategic design. ... more

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