Lonely I was destined as a child,
To have a different take that took a while,
The colours that I saw I could not tell,
But I'm telling like it is, for you now,
Stranded in another space + time,
But its time thats been too long for me to find,
Waking up and breaking out into this future now,
So I smile, but guilty eyes say I'm wrong . . .
And its a living hell, when you can't decide who you are . . . .
You gotta be yourself, you got a ticket right around the world,
And if you're gonna come, you'd better say you'll come, and if you stay for long,
You're gonna like it more than all them fools,
That just pretend, you know they just pretend, you gotta be yourself
Shadows from back then are still here today,
They try to bring me back to earth and make me pay,
But I don't have to be another one, thats wasting this future now,
Getting sick, of the same old tricks that they do . . .
Pull the thread, and you find instead, something true . . .
You gotta be yourself . . . you gotta be yourself . . .
You gotta be yourself, you got a ticket right around the world,
And if you're gonna come, you'd better say you'll come, and if you stay for long,
You're gonna like it more than all them fools,
That just pretend, you know they just pretend, you gotta be yourself
The songs on this new album by the Virginia multi-instrumentalist and producer reflect on Black American music and history. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 3, 2021
Kutiman teams with Melike Şahin for a track that cross-wires laid-back funk with Middle Eastern pop to delirious effect. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 7, 2019
