Makalani + Eye of Heaven = She Knows 
The 3rd Marine Mammal Meditation from Alexis's and Toshi's project - Long Water Song. 
This work is based on the book Undrowned
Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals AKpress.org

Meditation- Alexis Pauline Gumbs
Vocals, Drums and Percussion, Bass, Guitar, - Toshi Reagon
Produced by Toshi Reagon
Recorded and Mixed by John Davis
The Bunker Studio, Brooklyn NY
Mastered by Alex DeTurk, The Bunker Studio
Composed by Alexis Pauline Gumbs and Toshi Reagon
Utterance Publishing BMI/Black Elephant Music BMI
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Makalani + Eye of Heaven = She Knows

Don't Let (prod. Sey G)

PT1. WHEN IM NOT MYSELF

Can i be honest with you
I dont think im okay
can I tell you something?

sometimes I overthink
im a overachiever
perfect at procrasting
do it at my leisure
sit down get high watch time go by
know exactly what i need to do
so im do something else instead
dopamine fix but i be fixing for some bread
swiping through some pics
a new shorty same bed
wonder why im lonely
aint a luddite i might be a phony
time passing staring at my rolly
way i switch my voice i need a grammy
low budget feeling kinda campy
father is that you? naahhhhh it cant be
everybody really tryna @ me
if i say some fucked up shit
they gone cancel me
ima be someone else today
where the skys are blue 
and no more fucking grey
where the grass is green 
and everythings okay
where the tides are cool
and they wash my woes away

sigh
its so much easier being honest when im not myself

PT2. 
A-OKAY FREESTYLE

Look
Cold days, white like cocaine
We gone blow up like propane
just a matter of time
keep on the grind, they feeling the vibe
yeah its gone be ok

I promise mama everything is straight
all this music shits a piece of cake
know i havent seen you much as of late
promise you i have productive days
not much longer you gone have to wait

everynight I been sittin here hustlin
i be writing verses till im bust down
and you know next summer ill be buskin
5’6 get my stacks up
5’6 when my racks up
all venues ima pack up
as confident as i ever been
FKA Prince ima put that on a letterman
sober january cause this weed is like a sedative
talking lights out
i dont even smoke it on a night out
im just tryna shake off all the sediment
im just tryna shake off all the sentiment

we gone be okayokayokayoh
kayokayokay
I dont do no k
okayokay
okayokayokay
okayokay

mama im gone be famous
plaque on plaque on
plaques on plaques on
mama im gone gone platinum
got these braces off now my teeth all platinum
woah
okayokay

promise mama
I love you more  mi amor

PT3. OLD SCARS
Oh look what youve done to me x2
I never felt this way bout no one
no no no one but you x2

look if im being completely honest
if i continue to pursue you then im being toxic
cause I know that you got healing to do
and my lust and my love might be abusing to you
reopening old scars, hoping this goes far
aint tryna push it, feels like we pushing an old car
exhiliarting, 
cause at any moment we could implode
i rip off your clothes, i breathe you in relinquish control
im doing the most, you start shutting down, im kissing your woes, i love when you smile, i live for the glow
im going the mile, to walk down this road
where it gone lead, none of us know

I never felt
this way bout nobody but you
i mightve come close, but none of them you
a couple of strokes, I thought they were cute
went back to the road, im cutting em loose
cause none of them you

PT4. LETS BE HONEST


PT 5. VISIONS OF GOD
Sometimes I have visions of god
when I wake up
look in the mirror and I see god
wake up
dompanie fixs I feel the fog
wake up
smiling emojis I been a fraud
wake up
on the right path like my name rashaad
wake up
asking for guidance i pray to rah
wake up
when your depressed who a nigga call
wake up
I thank god when I wake up

God spent time on my design I aint regular
I aint regular x4

dont put me on a pedestal
I aint regular
music been secular
ill never grow up
times’ll get rough
but this young nigga too tough
but its all love
working out so I get buff
pushup
pull up
when I kick it with the click its all love
but really who can you trust?

I aint regular x4

god spent time on my design I aint regular 
x4

	god spent time on my design I aint regular 
x4
	Sometimes I have visions of god
when I wake up
look in the mirror and I see god
wake up
dompanie fixs I feel the fog
wake up
smiling emojis I been a fraud
wake up
on the right path like my name rashaad
wake up
asking for guidance i pray to rah
wake up
when your depressed who a nigga call
wake up
I thank god when I wake up

PT6.
OUTRO

When I'm Not Myself (EP) - Kafayé

Present (Said-i-really-want-you-babe)

As heard here! http://www.instagram.com/p/-5drWXwojH/

Be Your Girl (DX7 rerub)

thanks cleaners for the sonic inspo
thanks travis for the blueprint

spotify

Stop Trying To Be God

Violet Waters (Kari Faux) Mix

FEELIN WAYS

YU ND I

nam myoho renge kyo

Produced by @nikhil_beats
Mastered by @solaariss 
Artwork by @hellaellart

AFFIRMATION

DO YOU FEEL IT

Collaboration between Alexis Pauline Gumbs and Toshi Reagon.  Marine Mammal Meditations will appear here for one month after release.  To read more Marine Mammal Meditations by Alexis see her book Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals.  To buy the songs visit bandcamp.  All proceeds go towards an ocean of change.

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