I haven't released a song in three years and I wanted to come back with a song that brings joy, pays homage to the classic Baltimore club sound, and honors Black queer love. Something about love.
lyrics
My best friend
Is my boyfriend
I love him so
He makes me glow
My best friend
Is my boyfriend
I love him so
He makes me glow

I like the way they love
I like the way they touch
I like the way they cuss
They the one I trust

They like the way I ride
They like the way I fly
I take them to the sky
Damn we high

My best friend
Is my boyfriend
I love him so
He makes me glow

My best friend
Is my boyfriend
I love him so
He makes me glow

I like the way see me,
They see me in my entirety
I like the way they vibe with me
They bring me to a higher me

They like the way I roll
They like the way I tote
I'm the one they chose
Damn we glow

My best friend
Is my lover friend

My best friend
Is my lover friend
credits
released June 3, 2022
Written & performed by Abdu Ali
Produced by Mighty Mark
Recording Engineer Baat Choy
Mix & Mastering by Mixed By Top

My Best Friend

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Weighted Sky_Andy Warhol Museum

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credits 
Song produced by Mouth Of Infinity 
Mixed and mastered by Mathew Starke

I got that scandalous dick 
Like I’m Olivia Pope 
And a hole that glows 
Like a halo 
Three inches below 
I am the universe’s 
Mother Father Sister Brother Cousin Daughter Son 
Am I the Holy Spirit 
Who Am I? 
I’m the fuckin one! 
Fruity blood in my bubble gum 
Apple pussy cum on my tongue 
Africa runs in my lungs! 

When you shade 
I float 
You haters 
Aint woke 
My throat is laced in gold 
Like Lil Yachty the boat 
I’m alive though 
Voguing from Jerusalem 
Baltimore is where the fuck I’m from 
A city of a dope fiend democracy 
A sea land of death 
But don’t pity me 
I need no sympathy 
Just throw the coins at me 
I need to bling bling 
Like Big Daddy Cane 
Cause ain’t no half steppin 
When you coming like a rapping faggot! 

I’m the one, I’m the one 
I’m the motha fuckin one one one 
I’m the one, I’m the one 
I’m the motha fuckin one one one 
I’m the only one 
I’m the only one 
I’m the only one 

I can’t be defeated 
I can’t be deleted 
I got the lord and the devil inside of me 
You see they working for me 
You see this gold I bleed? 
I’m divinity 

I’m surviving on my own 
As this bad bitch, I know 
The sun keep glowing 
So I’mma keep flowing

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DaWon

society cages souls that dare to be free and decided to stand as themselves even if it's in opposition of the majority. that can be hard sometimes tho and sometimes for the safety for your body and sanity, you just want to fit in and your experience to be seemingly normalized. "Chastity" verbalizes that experience of living as an being who is "othered" and struggles with feelings of wanting to "fit in" but also wanting to be free to live in their fullest selves but in the end you can hear this person choose to be who they be despite of the hardships that come with that. the struggle for feeling free.
 
the song features Baltimore based saxophonist Sarah Marie Hughes. the song is produced by mathew starke with additional production by me. cover art by painter Jonathan Lyndon Chase. hope you like it.

Chastity

Abdu Ali, releases an avant-garde & electronic-analogue chaotic fusion of punk rap, free jazz, & Baltimore club. Inspired by Paulo Freire's theory on the boomerang effect of dehumanization, Abdu Ali taps into their punk roots as they scream, "Fuck U, Fuck Me" against the hypocrisy of Western society. "F.U.F.M." is produced by Abdu Ali and will be on their forthcoming album, "FIYAH!!!".

F.U.F.M.

HYYPE BEAST ft. Butch Dawson

bookings / info(at)abduali(dot)com

Abdu Ali is a Baltimore based electronic musician, writer, cultural worker and multidisciplinary artist who works in sound, collaboration, video and performance. Their work often interrogates ideas of race, gender, and sexuality that manifests as poetic inquiries of identity, promoting liberation from oppressive ideologies and encouraging self marginalized peoples to be self determined. Ali’s work also centers promoting authentic Black queer legacies and narratives as their histories are often subjected to distortion and erasure.

Described as a cosmic, punk, and soulful tempest on stage, Ali has performed across the U.S. Europe, and at MoMa Ps1, The Carnegie Museum of Art, and The Kennedy Center. Their work has been highlighted by the New York Times, The Fader, Elephant Magazine, Tracks Arte TV and more. In 2019, Ali founded as they lay, a curatorial platform that claims space for critical dialogue, collaboration and radical envisioning for Black creative futures. Ali has held residencies at Red Bull Music, Pioneer Works and in 2022 was a visiting artist at the Brown Arts Institute at Brown University. Ali was also a recipient of the 2018 Ruby Artist Grant.

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