written, recorded, produced, and performed by niva

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a lot can happen in a year
some shit just ain’t what it used to be
but my vision never been so clear
staring at myself straight down the barrel
we ain’t clique when we link
so I think to myself that I never really needed any help
never been afraid to address what’s in the past
but I’m sitting on some verses that I never posted
so I never really boasted the fact that I had the means to unpack
no this ain’t no act
you had to notice the facts, ain’t no running from these thoughts that run my fears
no this ain’t no track
running in reverse from the pack
so you niggas ain’t never really catching up
even though a lot can happen in a year
I’ve been in the mud
feeling stuck
no sun to my tirade
more like, I’m the thunder when it rains
run for cover when I strike, I mean when I write
ain’t no difference, you can protest and unionise
I’m still the main character to this movie that I write
you need to learn your lines
ain’t no cutting through this shit
even with some knives
when I think to myself, am I really saving lives
always thinking to deep
when I be to myself
tryna speak to myself
in this room by myself
tryna heal by myself


I told you a lot can happen in a year
I went from working no job
to getting outside, getting all type of looks
niggas was hating on the kid but I kept it moving
even the hate was coming from the crib, but I’ll leave that for another day
I’ve always felt rain even on a sunny day, it’s all good
cause she came over and made my day,
I don’t be tripping about who belongs to who
tomorrow is a different fuckin’ day
we have the same 24 hours, and you spend it being lame
all these minutes ticking and you’re common sense is late
nowadays I overwork and I still wish there more hours in a day

I went from banksia crescent to dumas street, and I barely had a song to write, 
all these changes in my life 
and not a word to paint all of what I’ve felt inside
even all this time spent with her and I’ve been searching for myself
I be listening to these days feeling like it was the only time where I needed no help
I felt the rain but I could open up a beat 
and paint what I see
I used to walk the streets
picturing myself in every stranger I would see, 
tryna picture my place in this world 
wondering who I would be
I care too much not to let this all go
I’ve been walking around like I got crown to carry
but I’ve buried this pain way quicker then the rush to find some gold
year after year you never move past all the feelings in your heart, no matter how old or who you told
it’ll take some tears and some years to face all the fears from everything that changed in a year 

written, recorded, produced, and performed by niva

IN A YEAR

NOTE TO SELF by Simba

8 tracks, 24 minutes – recorded and produced between April 2024 to May 2025.

written, recorded, produced, and performed by Simba.

another reason why.

SIMBA

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