A-side.

Recorded, Produced, and Mixed by Cleo Reed
Mastered by Eric Martin @ericmartinmusic

Photo by Lauren Davis @killauren
Design by Eric Martin + Cleo Reed

Vulnerable

'Them Spirits' Vinyl & CD available @ http://akua.bandcamp.com

http://smarturl.it/themspiritsakua

My Body

Re-Birth

Don't Blame Them (feat. yourhomienaomii)

KOUAME Y KWAME

Weak Truth vr.2 [prod. Nathan Austin]

Venus

Hotbox

prod by chxse bank

lyrics:
my eyes are heavy from 9 months of sleeping
sinking seeking i’m ready to fill my lungs up with new breathing
beyond the home i have known
beyond the places i have grown
i gotta release this shell if i am to become my own

i'm aching i'm bleeding i'm screaming
i'm reaching to the unknown 
hoping believing 
i'm praying the details will reveal themselves 
in sooner than later cause i don't ask for help

hell is a place where they can't hear you yell
or they do and they don’t give a fuck so they tell
they kids that you are the fallen one beast and they bail
they are the beast and then you are the bell
but maybe the classroom Kenan and Kel
both are needed if we are to pass 
and not to fail
puff puff relax 
head of the dragon is also the tail
db is my truth a fable and tale
and i am a tree ivy league no harvard no yale
i'm in between reflecting me chasin cells

[chorus]
i've been searching i've been searching for this path of mine 
i've been searchin i've been searchin tryna find my rite

i've been searching i've been searching for this peace of mind (mind x3)
i've been searchin i've been searchin tryna find my rite

been on this path since I touched this land
God said you're a warrior   
your tools are your hands
so i broke wood 
with the power of the palms of my breath
i got my first black belt before my first bra-let
i came back for this new life no regret
i promised to make this blue ride the best one yet
wait ma, what they name is? the one we just met
dorien blue you wont forget

i am the space in between not quite this or that
a lil of everything
diversified the track
i shed my skin i can’t go backP
plus the old me died for the new me to rise
so i burst into the expansive of the skies
i honor they sacrifice tears in my eyes
i am a body of a water learned to hold it all together to thrive

but i break myself out 
as these words clear my mouth
and i wash myself clean
truth is paramount
overdue for spring 
time to come out
you hear them 
church bells ring 
i'm on my route
we all on our way home 
let us all shout
do it for granny her spirits about 
faith she carries her heart waits 
you know she brought that bible belt south

[chorus]
i've been searching i've been searching for this path of mine 
i've been searchin i've been searchin tryna find my rite

i've been searching i've been searching for this peace of mind (mind x3)
i've been searchin i've been searchin tryna find my rite

release

awaken my dreams (prod. chxse bank)

I PUT THIS ON EVERYTHING WORTHWHILE, YOU GIVE ME THE BEST BUT I'M BURNT OUT
AIN'T FAKING NO STRESS, I JUST HURT SMILING
COULDN'T RECOVER THE CURSE WILD
I WANT RECORD TO SHOW THAT I'M BREATHING
AND NEVER LOOK BACK WHEN THEY FIENDING
KEEP PRESSURE IN EFFORT TO DREAM BIG

I'VE BEEN FIGHTING MY DEATH SINCE I SEEN IT
A WEAPON TO RECKON THE DEMONS
YOU COME WITH RESPECT OR GET EATEN
GOTTA GET IT IF YOU MEAN TO KEEP IT
I'M ON BED-REST BUT DON'T GET NO SLEEPING
YOU DON'T GET LEFT IF YOU'RE IN THE LEAD
AND I'M ON MY WAY WITH MY TEAM
YEAH, DKTM WHERE I BLEED IT
KEEP POPPING TIL WE TOP THE CEILING

I SHOULD NOT HATE ON MYSELF 
REFLECTIONS OF WHAT I SHOULD BE
I PAVE THE ROAD MY WELL-BEING,
NOTHING YOU SAY CAN RELIEVE WHAT I FEEL IN MY MIND
I WAS EMOTIONAL CRYING
CHOKING ON SOMETHING I'D HIDE
SO INTO MY LUNGS DID IT SEEP
NOW I CANT SMELL, I CANT BREATHE
HOW CAN I SPEAK?
WHAT DO I DO JUST TO GET BY?
I PUT A TREE IN THE SKY AND NOW I HAVE EFFORTLESS REACH
NOW, I HAVE SWEPT UNDER FEET THE WORST OF MY DEMONS IN LIFE
BUT IF I BLEED FOR A REASON, DESPITE ALL THE BULLSHIT THAT LIES BENEATH
IT'S BREAKING THE TIES THAT WE KEEP INSIDE

INFINITE INCHES OF TILE, I WALK MY PATH LIKE THE GREEN MILE
UNTIL I'M IN TOMB AND DECEASED

SOMETHING TO SCREAM ABOUT IS NOTHING MY TEAM WOULD BE SEEKING OUT
ALL THAT WE WANTED WAS PEACE, BUT IT WAS A DREAM
REALITY WASN'T SERENE.

GRIN

Finally, n*ggas came back w/ a fire mix for the one time. Its been a long hiatus, but hopefully its worthwhile. Make sure you get up and move when this mf compels you too, and share this experience w/ ya ppls, man. WE GOTTA HEAL

Groovebacc//Deep House [mix007]

For It (feat. Grandace)

yung somali-canadian sister. sound artist/producer.

 create art as a means of healing and survival. 

Don't Blame Them (feat. yourhomienaomii)

OBUXUM