beat of the week 2023, week 16 of 52
"thorns"
all cover art by @stellarhobbes
#BOTW #impressyourself
"I can take you on a trip baby, any place any sight..."
Happy Wednesday Lens fam! Super excited to drop Rain Sunshine!
Before anything I just wanted to thank everyone for all the unconditional love support and great vibes overall!
Week 7 of posting songs every week.. I just need to thank you for all the likes mirrors and collects, an amazing way of sending love <3 Truly so blessed.
Written Produced and Mixed by me...
-10 Editions
for
-2 Matic
This song represents the moment when I fell head over heels in love at first sight. My imagination took over, and I couldn't help projecting my feelings towards that person,really hoping that they would feel the same way about me. It's a beautiful, angel like experience that I wanted the song to embody.
Lyrics:
Your that rain sunshine give me rainbow high
Clouds so big feel like I could fly
Birds in the sky and the squirrels all notice you
Maybe you a secret Cinderella princess too
Yea, I could take you on a trip baby, any place any sight
But only sight I want you to really focus right now is you, it’s you, don't get it twisted baby
Cause that rain sunshine give me rainbow high
Clouds so big feel like I could fly
Birds in the sky and the squirrels all notice you
Maybe you a secret Cinderella princess too
Sugar addict yea, maybe cause I need to get my act together
Together
So we can get together now, maybe we can hold hands, we can make a plasn, we can take em anywhere we want, we want
Cause that rain sunshine give me rainbow high
Clouds so big feel like I could fly
Birds in the sky and the squirrels all notice you
Maybe you a secret Cinderella princess too
Music is a funny thing. You can start a project and end up somewhere completely different then you intended. That's the story of "Provenance." ORIGINSTØRY was supposed to be a dance project but as I unpacked my truth the music came in a different direction. This track is important for many reasons though. It is a reclamation of my beginnings, an RIP to shame and a celebration of my ancestors. I'm a descendant of American slaves which means I do not truly know where I'm from (yes a DNA test can attempt to geo-locate, but its not the origin story. It's something that always hurt to acknowledge, especially when sharing this with people who can easily trace their origins. However to find the origin I turn to 1619 and the Bay of Campeche. From a kidnapped pirate ship the first slaves arrived to America. When these slaves touched water in the Bay of Campeche they became American. This new multi-hyphenated people have struggled and survived hardship and cruelty, erasure, and degradation. Yet still they rise. From the darkest moments of history they have achieved greatness and excelled in more ways than can ever be counted. Society has taught us to shame this moment, but from this darkness there is empowerment, catharsis, and closure. When people ask me where I'm from I can always hold my head knowing that I am the descendant of Kings and Queens who survived one of the cruelest moments in history. And today I celebrate my freedom as an expatriate carving my own path. It doesn't matter where you come from, you can be a superhero. Now dance baby because, "it's not you it's the city it's a jungle, take me back, take it back, back."
produced w/the homie David Gumm