"Self Reparations: Segment 1" On The Wayy!
Sorry for the wait.

[Credits]
Written by: Rae. The. Poet x Owun Siks Mafia
Produced by: Rae. The. Poet
Co-producer: Owun Siks Mafia
Engineered by: Rae. The. Poet

"Workin' On It" (Ft. Owun Siks Mafia)

"Shift"
Written, produced and engineered by:
Rae. The. Poet | IG:  @official_raethepoet_za

Lyrics

[Pre-Chorus]
I still search for me inside of you
Hopin' that I find me too
Scared to let you go cause I might lose
But I'ma have to see it through
Cause that's the only way that I can tell
That what we have is really somethin' true
It's been a minute since a nigga fell
But somehow this feels like somethin' new

[Chorus]
Cause you got me changin'
Replacing the old habits lately
Facin' my fears and then breakin'
These walls that I built all around me so I can be safe
(Yes)
(I can be safe, but I doubt it) 


[Verse]
I think if I could replace what you've broken or lost 
The thoughts in my head, and these feelings I caught 
It wouldn't make a difference
It wouldn't make a difference
Even if I could go back to the past, I'm a lost soul
I know I'm not even close but I'm God so
That's prolly why I'm distant
I just be tryna fix Him
I needed time to confess, to myself that
This cannot work if I'm holdin' me back and I guess
You're the one then
Cause I see nobody else, you're all I have
And if I, would define that
You'd prolly say I need anti-depressants
I find it difficult to manifest this
Vision I had in mind, she got me terrified
I cannot move man I'm paralyzed, but I'm active
Darling if love is a drug, I'm an addict
Just give me double dose, give me affection
Fallin' for you is like one my fettishes
You hit my phone, I'ma answer it
You're exactly what a bad bitch is
Gorgeous, flawless
I think she might be a Goddess (she) 
She, she got my vision distorted
Light body, I'm in love with her Aura too
She like a diamond stone, spirit quartz
Got my Chakras in order
You might just be what I'm missing, I'm honest

[Pre-Chorus]
I still search for me inside of you
Hopin' that I find me too
Scared to let you go cause I might lose
But I'ma have to see it through
Cause that's the only way that I can tell
That what we have is really somethin' true
It's been a minute since a nigga fell
But somehow this feels like somethin' new

[Chorus]
Cause you got me changin'
Replacing the old habits lately
Facin' my fears and then breakin'
These walls that I built all around me so I can be safe
(I can be safe, but I doubt it)

Shift [Bonus Track]

Up Late (Intro)

Impaired (Interlude)

Need Someone

Self (Pt. 1)

"F*** It" (*detaches).

Departure.
"I've had to realize and accept my need to repair/reshape"..
Departure talks about: How my unhealthy choice of resolution to the problems I've had to face, led me into this condition I've found myself in.
I've become so distant to the people who were once closest to me. Distancing myself led to me feeling isolated and lonesome - which wasn't an issue prior, thus I felt it was necessary for me to heal first before deciding to return to anyone..
I still fight to be the person I believe was destined to become, and slowly relearning to love myself again.
My lack of love is ultimately what landed me here..
I hope you find muse from this portrait and use it to help get through the struggles
you've had to endure for the longest of time.


[2-2-4-4] 


LYRICS

[Intro]
Take me as I am, I want you to feel me
Do you comprehend (?)
I felt like I lost you, though you're always here
Put yourself in my shoes, like do you understand (?)
I hope you understand
(Take Me As I Am) 

[Verse]
I hope you understand departing isn't difficult
I know I'm gettin biblical
It's deep, that's what a pigeon told me
Chose to get high to keep emotions on a minimum level
I hope you understand there's no one in the physical-
Plane, that could eradicate your demons like you ever could
Wait, I didn't mean go that deep, philosophical
Waves, so much baggage on my back I hardly feel it though
You should've known from that red flag shit wouldn't end up good

[Bridge]
I'm sorry I hardly think of you
Sorry I'm not so pitiful towards you, individual
Sorry that i don't give as much as you expect me to
I worry about so much, I can't afford to worry bout you too
Sorry that I
Sorry I hardly think of you
Sorry I'm not so pitiful towards these individuals
Sorry that I don't give as much as ya'll expect me to
I worry about so much, I can't afford to worry bout this too

[Outro]
...


'Credits'
Produced by: @official_raethepoet_za
Written by: @official_raethepoet_za
Engineered by: him..

Departure [Prod. By Rae. The. Poet]

"76"
Written and produced by: Rae. The. Poet |
IG: @official_raethepoet_za

Lyrics:

[Chorus] 
She got a daughter now, she hardly flex
You're the person I thought about when I was trapped
I was wondering if you still do got a man
Cause I'm tryn'a take you out, you don't got plans right? 
Tell me no, why do I gotta pretend girl
Wrote down my thoughts instead without a pencil
That's prolly why I really cannot let go
Why I really cannot let go

[Verse 1]
74, 75, 76, time is a merry-go-round how the riddle go
Don't know why we gotta go lie instead of letting go
And yeah I couldve looked the other way although I didn't, so
You're the only one that make sense to me, hunnid fold
Fuck 10fold
Maybe if I sip more and sip a lil more
I'll eventually get over you but Him don't show so
76, 75, I'm proud of you
I do not even why you're not comfortable
You don't have a reason to doubt yourself cause you wanted to
I cannot allow you to do so, cause I fuck with you
You're the only one that make sense to me, hunnid fold
Fuck 10-fold
Maybe if I sip more and sip a lil more
I'll eventually get over you

[Refrain]
76
76
76 (yeah)
76
(76)

[Chorus] 
She got a daughter now, she hardly flex
You're the person I thought about when I was trapped
I was wondering if you still do got a man
Cause I'm tryn'a take you out, you don't got plans right
Tell me no, why do I gotta pretend girl
Wrote down my thoughts instead without a pencil
That's prolly why I really cannot let go
Why I really cannot let go (2x)

[Verse 2]
Cannot let go
Ego made of Lego so I take it apart
So I can really love and maybe live cause I haven't started
Love is like a burden cause you're blinded still, in the dark
Maybe it wouldn't if you appreciated enough (relax tho)
Mad soul, you're alive but you canceled
Black boat, they gon' pull up Range rover
That's cold, in the ocean but I can't float
I stand tho, yeah
Take care of you
I pray you're mizing the bullshit
If you got time baby shoot me a text, right
I'm tryna pull up on you
Cause it's been a minute or two and I'm not tryn'a lose you
Girl I just refuse to
Minute or two and I'm not tryn'a lose you
(Happy Belated)

[Outro] 
(76)
76
76
(76).



76 (Happy Belated)

Produced and engineered by Rae. The. Poet  'Him'
IG: @official_raethepoet_za

Rally! [Prod. by Him]

I decided to write to really "move on"
R.I.P, bro.. you're missed.
*Sigh

Lyrics:

[Chrous]
I tried my all just to save you
I couldn't take you back/
After all that I gave you
You still betrayed me/
Fam' can't hold no grudges, I'm faithful to me
Myself, I practiced peace as I fell upon what I needed
Listen
I tried my all just to save you
I couldn't take you back/
After all that I gave you
You still betrayed me/
Fam' can't hold no grudges, I'm faithful to me
Myself, I practiced peace as I fell upon what I needed
(Listen)

[Verse]
You're the first I dun recorded with
And we made a couple songs and you were like a twin
And man I can't pretend as if I hardly cave
And when I heard the news I gazed above and cried until the sun was dim
I try to keep it lit as much as I enlighten em'
Regardless 
Nobody cares bout' what's important man
Disgusted
That's partially why I can't fuck with dems'
I'm flushin' out the toxic, coffin in my dome
That's my revenge
I'm touched
High school actin' like you're Peter Pan
/Huh
I thought we was s'posed to feed the fam
Leave em bands and then we take off/set,
And pose for cams
But fuck it man, I'll compensate for what we could've been
I hate the drugs, I had to detox so I lend a hand
/To moms and pops, I had to stop hangin' with broken men
How they fake torwards the realist nigga, can't pretend
Me and toxicity hardly mix, we never blend
/I told you, man

[Chrous]
I tried my all just to save you
I couldn't take you back/
After all that I gave you
You still betrayed me/
Fam' can't hold no grudges, I'm faithful to me
Myself, I practiced peace as I fell upon what I needed
Listen
I tried my all just to save you
I couldn't take you back/
After all that I gave you
You still betrayed me/
Fam' can't hold no grudges, I'm faithful to me
Myself, I practiced peace as I fell upon what I needed
(Listen)

[Outro]
(*Repents and weeps)
...
"I haven't completely healed from.."
("But I wish I forgave you sooner")
"I don't know man..
I'm really tryna speak but then the music is the only way I can actually communicate my feelings but..
Rest In Peace, bro"



Save You/Too Late (Single)

"Save You/Too Late" [Prod. by Ralph Tiller]

Sorry for the delay but it was Women's day yesterday so I thought I'd finally drop a tribute song to Thank You All.. I've always been the type to handle shit alone but sometimes it drains me (like, A Lot) thus I'm learnin' to open up more lately, and there's a few women I'm thankful I crossed paths with cause they're the force behind that decision..
Thank you❤️..Xx!!


Lyrics:


[Verse 1]
I hate feelin' like I need someone to hold me down
Of course you seem quite like you're my type/But I won't cause a scene
Terrible at acting so I write on beats
Though the sun been missin' I'ma reign ('rain') supreme
Dollars signs, I need Madibas
Couple of em' missin' from the picture perfect/
Someone told me time gon' heal

[Bridge]
And so I/
Push regardless all this weight I feel it burdens me
Questionin' if this the path but then I still proceed
Yeah
Sometimes I need more than consolement
I try to live within the moment
But then my all thoughts come down and I lose focus
And I, (yeah)
Push regardless all this weight I feel it burdens me
Questionin' if this the path but then I still proceed
S'times I need more than consolement
I try to live within the moment
But then all my thoughts-
("Just overwhelm me somehow.. You know?")

[Verse 2]
Shawty dun' replied like, "I like men who stay complete
Regardless any piece he sacrificed, believe me
Everybody going through the motions/
See ('sea'), if you could sit and look at us
We're on our screens"
"To avoid ourselves, we make believe
We taint our vision just so we can flee the scene
Reality is stressful but the truth is needed
Ignorance is what we're drawn to, not the need/
To understand instead of actin' Hercules"
Yeah, yeah
"You're strong enough I gets, don't beat yourself Get on your knees baby"
"Don't make a fuss about it make it count like cheddar, plant a seed"
Yeah, yeah
"And soon enough the sun won't burn us out no more cause we'll have trees
Don't be so sour papi, love your sweetness
Give me sugar"

[Outro]
"Trust the process, take a leap baby
(leap, baby baby, leap baby baby)
You're strong enough I gets, don't beat yourself
Get on your knees baby
Don't make a fuss about it make it count like cheddar, plant a seed
And soon enough the sun won't burn us out no more cause we'll have trees"
("Don't be so sour papi, come to me")



"You're Up?" (Text Delivered)

It's crazy how timeless our music been.
This a track I fell in love w/at 1st listen by Teddy Man$a himself (which he supposedly made in 2018, and later released in 2020)
I've always been the type to tap into other artist's art/expression/story effortlessly regardless not havin' had experienced anything similar to it, yet - I just so happen to relate somehow (almost like I've been here before)
I wrote to the song and we sat on it for a hot minute. I only now felt the urge to release it cause it's officially my current state (solitude)..
Our gift, from Me to You 
"Me, Myself And I"
A re-up by Teddy Man$a Featuring 'Him' -
(Rae. The. Poet)

Enjoy.

--------------------------------------------------------

Lyrics:

[Intro]
Everything is cool between us, Bey
I told you that
Out on the road wit' my people, just doin' what I gotta do
There’s nothin' goin' on that shouldn't be goin' on
(You gotta trust me, ma)

[Verse 1: Teddy Man$a]
...

[Chorus: Beyoncé]
Best friend/
Me, myself, and I
That's all I got in the end
That's what I found out
And it ain't no need to cry
I took a vow that from now on, I'm gon' be my own best friend
Me, myself, and I
That's all I got in the end
That's what I found out
And it ain't no need to cry
I took a vow that from now on, I'm gon' be my own best friend

[Post-Chorus: Beyoncé]
(I've got me, myself, and I)
I know that I will never disappoint myself
(My eyes have cried a thousand times)
All the ladies, if you feel me, help me sing it out
(I can't regret time spent with you)
Yeah, you hurt me, but I learned a lot along the way
(It's how I learned how to make it through)
After all the rain, you'll see the sun come out again

[Verse 2: Rae. The. Poet]
I been going through a whole lot
Ain't nobody said life won't be tricky
I been so lost
I been dealing with anxiety
Nowadays I just don't trust
Anybody, I don't know why I worry so much
My mind been foggy
I'm dealin' with issues
No lie though I miss you
Cause you were the one I went to when I was just into
Deep inside of my thoughts but you showed me you're fickle
Unreliable and now I'm now all alone fightin' my mental
(Eish)
And everything's happenin' fast
I kind'a miss the days where I never worried 'bout cash
The days when shit was less difficult than now
I'm gettin' off track (shit)
Taba this what I been meaning to get off my chest
I'm glad I got this opportunity
Is it cool if I spazz(?)
Vent, shit
I've been dealin' with pressure
Overthinking, paranoid but I know it'll pass
Got trust issues so I had to learn how to be my own friend
(Hobane)

[Outro: Beyoncé & Rae. The. Poet]
Me, myself, and I (hobane me, myself, and I)
That's all I got in the end (that's all I, that's all I/ ayy)
That's what I found out (that's all I)
And it ain't no need to cry
I took a vow that from now on, I'm gon' be my own best friend (now on, I'ma be my own best friend)
Me, myself, and I (hobane me, myself, and I)
That's all I got in the end (that's all I, that's all I/ ayy)
That's what I found out (that's all I)
And it ain't no need to cry
I took a vow that from now on, I'm gon' be my own best friend (now on, I'ma be my own best friend)
I..

Teddy Man$a - "Me Myself And I" (W/Rae. The. Poet)

May 21.. 03
#LongLiveCapital

[Verse]
I mean I know been away
I've been fuckin' up my paper
Lord forgive me I been sinnin'
Alchol inside my system
Made a promise to my nigga we're gone to the finish
But I'm really losing faith
Shit'll never be the same
Why the fuck you'd sacrafice yourself/
Your momma was in pain at the funeral
We were close now we're distant
I pray to God that you're with em
We could've kicked it I feel embarrassed as fuck
I was supposed to be there, I'm downin' bottles, I'm stuck
Trust I'll make it out cuz'
Why we started isn't to buzz like my celly
Took it to heart like a surgeon
I been depressed since the minute I got that call
Sobbing in the corners but I gotta be a man
Bleeding I need bandages but I prefer the pen
Dealing with my demons pray my angels got my back at least


"3AM Freestyle/Still Here"

Lyrics:

[Chorus]
It go T. O. X. I. C, toxic
Red flag I believe, fuck the terms you put on me
I take flight and ease my mind too often
I been low though I'm gon' flee
Head up in the sky blow clouds, can't see
She gon' hit my phone while I'm asleep
And then reply say, "You gaslighting bastard"
T. O. X. I. C, toxic
Red flag I believe, fuck the terms you put on me
I take flight and ease my mind too often
I been low though I'm gon' flee
Head up in the sky blow clouds, can't see
She gon' hit my phone while I'm asleep
And then reply say, "You gaslighting bastard.."


[Bridge]
"I trusted you-"
"Hurt me too soon"
"I was a fool"
"Slept on me, snooze" (2x)


(Player so I proceed to play this game you invited me) 
(Darling I won't say it twice so please listen as I try to type and bleed) 
(Since I'm a player shall I proceed to play this game you invited me) 
(Darling I won't say it twice so please listen as I try to type, delete)

[Verse] 
You're bound to lose if you try go against a player
Been through so much can't give a fuck about the mayor
Minor setbacks you take em as if they were major
And truth be told I never asked you for a favour
Mi corazon not for the streets I keep it layered up
You won't find it here love, cupid hella fed up
Arrow proof I fell numb, see figures like casper
Ghosted you, I can't talk now I hit the space bar
She said something
I needed space, hardened so I can't relate
Hard for me to put my faith in others regardless your seductive traits
Like garden of Eden you're made up, tempted but I'd rather fade
Only one me so be patient, fuck your antidote

[Chorus]
T. O. X. I. C, toxic
Red flag I believe, fuck the terms you put on me
I take flight and ease my mind too often
I been low though I'm gon' flee
Head up in the sky blow clouds, can't see
She gon' hit my phone while I'm asleep
And then reply say, you gaslighting bastard (2x)

"T.O.X.I.C" (Winter'Lude) [Prod. By 'Him']

Genuinely speaking, I only heard the song recently and felt like sharing my 2 cents and venting cause I needed to.. I trust this touches and consoles those in need of it.
Happy National Men's Health Month,
my nigga.


Lyrics:

[Chorus: 25k & Rae. The. Poet]
I grew up with my nigga
How many times we hit licks in the slumps with the opps?
I won't kill you, I love you my nigga
All of the times we had nothin' I thought you would fold
But instead it's all love with you nigga
I told my mama I'm runnin' my race
She told me to focus, "I love you lil' nigga"
How many times I got bullets and pigeons to show you that I'm finna (die) 
Die for my niggas
Heo sa bolele ka zaka sang founela, I'll duck you my nigga
I'm on the block with the shooters and robbers
I told you, or onahana ka dlala my nigga?
It's blood with my niggas
24 zips in the projects my nigga
I'm havin' nightmares of enemies pullin' up on me
Don't try me I'll smoke you my nigga

[Verse: Rae. The. Poet] 
Ntwana I'm writin' this shit dedicated to you and my Uncle, no pills or no liquor
I just woke from a nap yeah I blacked out poi I been drinkin' since I lost you my nigga
Just when I thought it was over I got a missed call from magriza I gotta go see her
The tears in her got me feelin' perplexed so kae thekela Black'e and plot for a minute
Uncle Joba o nae batlela spaan'i hlemo
On his way to his interview died there hlemo
Car accident fund e nyane hlemo
Had a few kids and a wife too hlemo
The last time he visit I was so upset with him still I regret that shit hade malume 
I know you had demons to fight so ha ke'o phatele I plan to revive you hlemo
Kea tsepha la rapela for all the people you love ntwana life e bohloko
I lost my brother it bothers still and I do pop a pill to forget if I could
Trust me I cherish the moments we shared in the studio plottin' on leaving em shook
You was more like a family member, and look
I could claim that I'm over that shit but I would only if I could find all them niggas who took you from me
Shoot without askin' you would've homie
My circle as real as it should be
Loyalty over vanity and bullshit homie
Don't fuck with my guys if you know what it is good for you
I might lash out and just pull it homie
I'm peaceful as fuck but I'm crooked homie
I'd die for my niggas they would too for me

[Chorus: 25k & Rae. The. Poet]
I grew up with my nigga
How many times we hit licks in the slumps with the opps?
I won't kill you, I love you my nigga
All of the times we had nothin' I thought you would fold
But instead it's all love with you nigga
I told my mama I'm runnin' my race
She told me to focus, "I love you lil' nigga"
How many times I got bullets and pigeons to show you that I'm finna (die) 
Die for my niggas
...

(Outro: 25k & Rae. The. Poet)
I'm havin' nightmares of enemies pullin' up on me
Don't try me I'll smoke you my nigga


Credits: Mixed by @official_raethepoet_za and instrumental remade by @lutherbrax.

25k - "Hustler's Prayer" (W/Rae. The. Poet)

"Still Here (Pt. 2)" dives into intimate struggles, avoiding explicit details while exploring personal issues. It speaks about the complexities of love and affection, highlighting contradictory thoughts stemming from past relationships. The song reveals my hedonistic tendencies yet acknowledges the folly (foolishness) of expecting a lasting relationship while withholding vulnerability from one's partner. Hope y'all find muse in this audio. Love.

[222]

Lyrics:

[Intro]
I struggle with attachment
I need space, I gotta balance
You say call me when you're better
Then I call you when I'm faded
Cause I hardly feel embarrassed when there's liquor in my system
So I tell you how I'm feelin' for a second I feel vague
So I ask you how you been then you unfold till you could finish
You bent over while I listen to your cries until they fade
Novocaine, I'm your medicine
Take you further that's my mission
If you let me I could fix it
Patch you up then we could lay back

[Verse 1]
Sad thing is deep down we both know this isn't love
Lust is all it is but yet in person we're committed to each other
Promises we made we done forgotten
All that's left is me this pen I lead to write my wrongs while out of reach
Spark a conversation in the dark
Longing/
Pillow talking got me feelin' soft
Harden/
Soon as I'm aware I let my guard down
Caution/
Convince me not hide behind these walls

[Verse 2]
Shadow working got me cold to the core
I don't like that I just hit you up when I'm bored
But I can't decide if I'm still indecisive
Philophobic, frankly I don't know anymore
Feels like I'm tired of needing somebody here near me
So I could be comfortably flawed
Yet when I contemplate this shit, provocative isn't it(?)
How could I not want it all
Cause I put in work and I think I deserve me a 10 out of 10 when I'm feelin' obese
Heavy as iron man, I need a team
My Avengers assemble, a marvelous piece right beside me
Regardless, and speakin' of thee
Could name you a few that still want me as bad as my luck
Some of em' stuck with me long as I breathe/
Thus I don't give a damn if y'all dating or not
Capital, resource, money gon' fix all of it so darling just hold on a bit
I took a detour, needed to deport several members I kept in my clique
And I started to read more, in between 3 - 4 lines then blew em' I no longer sniff em'
Body's a temple, I gotta pinpoint if I'm damaging I need to fix

[Bridge]
(Still Here) 
...
(Still Here)

[Outro]
I struggle with attachment
I need space, I gotta balance
You say call me when you're better
Then I call you when I'm faded
Cause I hardly feel embarrassed when there's liquor in my system
So I tell you how I'm feelin' for a second I feel vague
So I ask you how you been then you unfold till you could finish
You bent over while I listen to your cries until they fade
Novocaine, I'm your medicine
Take you further that's my mission
If you let me I could fix it
Patch you up then we could lay back

[Fin?] 

"Still Here (Pt. 2)"

"Anthem"

Written and produced by Rae. The. Poet
I.G: @official_raethepoet_za

Anthem

Music

Silhouette - Rae. The. Poet, SaVvy & Teller

This is a remix for "Suicidal Baby" by King B
Remade by Rae. The. Poet & LeleNama

Hope you enjoy🖤🖤

Single

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Produced by Rae. The. Poet
Co-producer: Eye'Am

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