my throat closes at the
thought of being affined again
but can’t breathe through the 
thought of you being more
than just friends with anyone else 
i’m stuck 
what’s the point of this
my luck
fallen to the abyss to nothing 
my heart sinks to my stomach when I 
can’t remember your face
seductive swan song of solitude
when I’m in the embrace 
of anyone else
my thumbs tucked in balled up fists
our love
would be serendipitous 

romella lead me asinine 
romella, darling, my divine 
i would die on your hills every night
i’m in love but i can’t say
just the thought of you drives me to cry
i’m in love in the worst way

the former seems to linger 
i need healing
i ponder on the sonder 
you’re revealing 
my emotions seem to overflow 
these feelings superfluous 
don’t know how much longer i can go
i crave your salient kiss
not sure what I’m meant to do 
see my darling I am bruised
i’m concealing all my wounds but
in the process losing you 

romella lead me asinine 
romella, darling, my divine 
i would die on your hills every night
i’m in love but i can’t say
just the thought of you drives me to cry
i’m in love in the worst way

the worst way, the worst way
the worst way, the worst way    

written by uya raye
produced by joey hendrixx

6. romella_demo_06.05.22

take some time to unwind
set an intention for the climb
to outer space we could levitate 
and let the mind and body separate 
elevate with me
i’ve got both feet on the ground but
let’s put our heads in the clouds and
not worry bout the height or vertigo
feel more than welcome to be vulnerable
you know you’re safe, baby
meditated now we’re floating
it’s all divine energy that’s been enclosing Us 
don’t got no bullshit in our session, nah
let’s drift into a new dimension, uh

we could move in slow mo
largo not allegro
take time to ride, uh
come with me, let’s glide, yeah

ask me that familiar question
got my permission baby
past our first impressions
taking a dive into your water
show me them moves that I done taught you
i'm fiending for you
your love is torture
the tension’s tantalising
i’m tryna explore you
the way you’re moving
something like pestle and mortar
no need to rush it, baby
hold on, let me show you

we could move in slow mo (slow mo)
largo not allegro (largo)
take time to ride, uh (take our time)
i’ll be your guide
we could move in slow mo (slow mo)
largo not allegro (not allegro)
put your hand in mine
come with me, let’s glide, yeah 

let’s glide, let’s glide, uh

written by uya raye
produced by joey hendrixx

4. slow mo_demo_25.05.22

i know angels are watching over me
i’m seeing the signs (555)
they’re sending lessons          
the blessings arrive in disguise 
i met this shawty, so beaula
i might make her my beulah
she not couching or lounging 
she out there stacking her mula
she got ambition & drive
but lil shawty can’t drive, that’s okay
i’ve got my licence honey
i’ll fetch you at five (five five)
reasons to be falling (four), a plight
just add it all together
see, i’m parked on cloud nine

sentimentally
i’m hoping that you’re catching my vibe      
transcendental, how i’m feeling
when you gaze in my eyes
shawty leaves me feeling lifted
just by batting her eyelids
i’m out here battling demons 
pretending that i’m not shy
baby girl, i’m onside
out here sitting & waiting for you 
to make this defined 
am i just a pastime
or am i someone you think about
am i crossing your mind
on a daily basis, baby you’ve been 
pacing through mine
crush

time rewards the ones who 
i’ll just be patient

written by uya raye
produced by brokebwoy

crush_interlude_draft 1.mp3

i put the pen to the paper
and try to find the words 
to write a rhyme i can savour 
but i can’t make it work 
i can’t connect the dots 
the way i could a week ago 
i struggle to explain my soul 
my spirit is insatiable

cause i’m not satisfied with what it is
i’m writing this week
don’t feel like me at all
devoid of all authenticity 
it’s like one minute i’m on himalayas
sipping tea of splendid flavour
next i’m at the bottom of the bottled brandy

frustrated out my fucking mind 
i cannot think straight
what happened to me from the time 
when i could orchestrate 
i’d pair my subjects with my predicates 
with eloquence, not worried about sentences
and now i’m stuck behind gates

i used to feel like what i 
wrote was from a pen of gold
i say i used to like it wasn’t just a month ago
why do i struggle to be patient with
the process and understanding that
my progress is a pairing of the highs & lows

what are the magic words
oh tell me now
i’m begging you, please
to open up the door that
leads me to serendipity 
i’m searching for a key
i’ve said my open sesames 
impatience gets the best of me 
so restlessly i’m crossing my t’s 

i should be crossing the threshold 
that’s on my way to find peace
instead of dotting my i’s
blinding me from what i seek
telling myself not to the share
the words i put on the sheet
for with my work, i am not satisfied
no i’m never pleased, so please babe

give me something i can use
for my passion to ensue 
inspiration to accrue 
be my muse, be my muse

to write a song, a song i’ll listen to
and think is okay
i need you baby could you help
susceptibility sway
inside i wanna scream but 
whisper my soliloquy and 
bury it inside these beats in hopes that
no one hears what i say

but could you tell me it’s fine?
could you tell me it’s okay? 
to share myself with the world
and let my music be played
what is it that you have 
behind your eyes that comforts me
and fully puts my mind at ease 
that i see in no one else’s gaze 

so baby show me the signs
tell me the words i can say 
hocus-pocus divine
read my cards, read my veins
read my palm, every line
for the lines i’ll arrange 
hypnotise me if you need to baby
do what you may, baby do what you may
just

give me something i can use
for my passion to ensue 
inspiration to accrue 
be my muse, be my muse

written by uya raye
produced by engless

magic words_draft 3.mp3

i know your station's just a train away
but i was hoping that you 
would just stay the night
know you’ve got meetings 
in the morning babe
change my alarm so we both 
wake up early, i
hope that you don’t think i’m forward
if i say i want your touch
hope it doesn’t make it awkward
really, i don’t mean to rush
just can’t fight the feeling baby
tension building and i find 
my sense of lust is overmuch
girl i think it’s taking over but

just for the record we should take our time
the rest will come if i can make you (mine) 
i’m not suggesting all the way
i’m thinking just a little taste
not tryna lead you to my sheets
just hoping we could kill the space

don’t have to tell you that outside is cold
cause we can see the rain is 
pouring down in droves
but if you wanna go i’ll walk you home
just hold my hand and that’s 
enough to keep me warm
little conversation
give me a bit more time
just tryna get to know you
see what’s beyond those eyes
please don’t feel pressure baby
to go further tonight
i’m only saying i can feel
something ‘tween you and i

just for the record we should take our time
the rest will come if i can make you (mine) 
i’m not suggesting all the way
i’m thinking just a little taste
not tryna lead you to my sheets
just hoping we could kill the space

written by uya raye
produced by yogic

take our time_draft 2.mp3

set ablaze a fire
that settles in my chest
thought that i would tire
seems i don’t want the rest
hear my stomach screaming
tortured by the flame
the more that i ignore
the worse i make pain

wasted my time
burying the thoughts away
covering the scars of shame
they needed the air the heal
is it a crime 
living in a fantasy
dreaming through reality
docile when it feels surreal

patience wearing weaker
(you’ve got me) feeling overeager 
now my judgment’s heading south
can’t help but feel the 
limerence succeeding
caution superseded
i don’t think i’ll make it out 

it’s always better with you
only you
(each time i’m outta my head)
it’s always better with you
only you
regret the shit that i’ve said

each time i’m outta my head i
regret the shit that i said and
each time we take it to bed i
feel so misled

written by uya raye
produced by sober toby

with u_draft 3.mp3

in lucid sleep you occur to me
a reverie 
encouraged by your uncertainty
is it fallacy?
no formal affair
further knowledge a fuss
a curious glare introduction enough
as if to take flight
your aura erupts
immersion now clear
tumult turned to hush

calling across the sea
so you entreat
i hear you scream
come near to me (come near)
come near to me (darling)
come near to me (please)
come near to me
how could i resist your allure? 
twirling in torture
dance with devil

is it your voice that enraptures
is it what i see in your eyes
fantasy in your observance
hypnotised as it locks on mine
vicious seduction
ferocious your pull
i’m summoned to slaughter
yet tame in the course
a salem surrender 
for if but a moment
you sway with my force

written by uya raye
produced by tristen tré

dancing with the devil_draft 2.mp3

i wish that you’d stop calling my phone
losing my mind to the sound of the tone
late in the night i’m thinking of you
but what could i say 
there’s nothing to prove

what did you expect baby
these things fall apart
all of the fables they told us
were never stretched this far
how could you blame me 
i told you from the start
falling in love with me 
is bad for your heart
bad for your heart

but i couldn’t blame you
you showed me from the start
that falling in love with you
was bad for my heart
bad for my heart

i sit and wonder why we 
even tried to chase
a dream that we could never 
stand a chance to race
it seemed like even we when we 
would pick up the pace
all we did was drift
further away

friends to lovers 
engaged with haste
slipping back to strangers 
was it just our fate
to want for something more
but only get a taste 
oh what a shame 

what did i expect from this
when i said my part
thought it’d be different 
the wounds had turned to scars
but i couldn’t blame you 
you showed me from the start
falling in love with you
was bad for my heart
bad for my heart

written by uya raye
produced by sober toby

bad _draft 3.mp3

i’ve been sitting on a lot of grief
i’ve been sitting on a lot of joy concurrently
we’ve been sitting on the seaside 
and normally i love to see the
sun set and shimmer on your sweet skin

it comes in waves, but
i’ve been stuck in inanition
been struggling to stomach anything
since watching genocide on my screen
thinking bout Falastin
   
i apologise for being absentminded
while i’m with you 
but my mind ain’t with me
it’s in the Middle East
it’s been stuck in Sudan  
and stuck in the DRC
it’s marooned in Zimbabwe
when’ll my people be free

the revolution ain’t been televised, no
but it has been streamed in 4K
i’m seeing little babies scream
i watch their mothers cry in 1080p
how could woe be me
said how could woe be me

when i’ve got plenty food to eat 
when i’ve got warm clothes on my back
when i’m cradled by my bed to sleep
how could i lay here and enjoy this beach
when others lay beside the rubble besieged
i’m so conflicted by their pain and my peace
so, i just sit here feeling guilty

guilty like the bird that flies high
screams crescendo as i climb
i see blood soak the sand
from satellites
how could i be fine

guilty like the clouds in sky
shed a tear as i float by
watch the blood soak the sand
from satellites

written by uya raye
produced by brokebwoy

[u]ntoxicated toby

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