written by Nisa Seal, Alexis Krauss, Tunde Olaniran
produced by Tunde Olaniran, Stephen Saputo
mix/mastered by Stephen Saputo
album art design by Avery Williamson

LYRICS
I can’t stand you
I can’t stand you 
But I love you
In spite of what you put us through
I know you love me too
We are a forest 
Deep roots 
Even when you cut us down
When you don’t see me
I’ll remind you to find 
what your heart still beats for

evergreen bond from the start
You live a rent-free life in my heart
Me and you over everything
From the bottom to the top
We got so high
I never thought
The ride would be what
might break us apart
ah-uh, uh-uh
run it back let’s do it again

You’re a shipwreck
And a diamond in the dark
You could make me laugh 
While you’re ripping out my heart
Every heaven has a hell we can not avoid
Every moment in my head is a polaroid
We have our bond too
What else can I do
But tell you hold on 
And I’ll hold onto you

evergreen bond from the start
You live a rent-free life in my heart
Me and you over everything
From the bottom to the top
We got so high
I never thought
The ride would be what
might break us apart
ah-uh, uh-uh
run it back let’s do it again

Evergreen inside my heart
Even when it falls apart
(uh-uh, uh-uh)
Evergreen inside my heart
Hope we never fall apart
(uh-uh, uh-uh)

Evergreen feat. Alexis Krauss

written by Tunde Olaniran, Star Amerasu, and Fran Litterski
co-produced by Stephen Saputo and Tunde Olaniran
mix/master by Stephen Saputo
art design by Avery Williamson

Whipped Cream Daydream feat. Ah-Mer-Ah-Su

written by Tunde Olaniran, Shara Nova, and Stephen Saputo
produced by Stephen Saputo and Tunde Olaniran
mixed/mastered by Stephen Saputo
cover art by Avery Williamson

Done Done feat. Shara Nova

written by Tunde Olaniran, Morgan Hutson, Merrill Garbus 
produced by Stephen Saputo and Tunde Olaniran
mix/mastered by Stephen Saputo
album art design by Avery Williamson

Bad World feat. Tune-Yards + Supercoolwicked

written by Tunde Olaniran, SYBLYNG, Nisa Seal, Milfie, Rachelle Baker
produced by SYBLYNG, Matias Mora, Cary Singer, Stephen Saputo
mixed/mastered by Stephen Saputo
album art design by Avery Williamson

Sauce, Swag, Drip feat. Milfie + Nisa Seal

written by Tunde Olaniran, Jonathan Zott, Matias Mora, Cary Singer, Stephen Saputo
produced by Stephen Saputo and Tunde Olaniran
mix/mastered by Stephen Saputo
album art design by Avery Williamson

Cry Me Down

written Jenna Noelle, Kaylan Waterman, Tunde Olaniran, Stephen Saputo
produced by Stephan Saputo and Tunde Olaniran
mix/mastered by Stephen Saputo
album art design by Avery Williamson

Vibration feat. VESPRE + Jenna Noelle

written by Tunde Olaniran, Rachel Munoa Brockbank
produced by Stephen Saputo, Tunde Olaniran
mix/mastered by Stephen Saputo
album art design by Avery Williamson

Long Way feat. Tishmal

Written by Tunde Olaniran
Produced by Matias Mora, Cary Singer, Tunde Olaniran

Believe

Written by 
Tunde Olaniran 
Matias Mora 
Cary Singer 
Mia Minichiello
Nisa Seal
Rachelle Baker

Produced by
Matias Mora
Cary Singer
Tunde Olaniran

Mixed by
Matias Mora 
Cary Singer

Mastered by
Riley Knapp

Good Time

written and produced by Tunde Olaniran, Matias Mora, and Cary Singer


Lyrics
Verse 1
You shouldn’t try to escape 
What you need no one could replace
I know that you’re afraid
But you’re gonna go anyway
 
Pre-Chorus
Let my hair down, skin brown
the sun in my eyes
learn a new kind of efficiency to use with goodbyes

Hook
could have been amazing it’s too bad (it’s too bad)
To have an angel and lose that (lose that)
Your pride in ruins it’s too sad
Good luck in all that you do
It’s such a shame about you

Verse 2
go and conquer new shores
use the wings i gave you and explore
Of one thing you can be sure
I won’t be there anymore

Pre-Chorus
Let my hair down, skin brown
the sun in my eyes

Hook
could have been amazing it’s too bad (it’s too bad)
To have an angel and lose that
Your pride in ruins it’s too sad
Good luck in all that you do
It’s such a shame about you

Bridge
had an angel you blew it 
how the hell did you lose it 
i’m an angel i’m too bad 
but you already knew that 

Hook
could have been amazing it’s too bad (it’s too bad)
To have an angel and lose that
Your pride in ruins it’s too sad
Good luck in all that you do
It’s such a shame about you

Too Bad

See him flossing in that metal 
the game’s in a higher level 
Dimensions; we into several 
You see we get them together 
DIY fringe be swangin’ 
bangers-bangers he slanging 
Show on point, he slayin’ 
He wasn’t always this way in fact 
Brown boy slanted eyes 
bleach-stained sweat suit 
Throwin’ water on me 
in the middle school restroom 
Only brown head in my 9th grade play 
13 walking in the streets of uk 
 
 
Now maybe there’s a lesson I've been given 
or some wisdom from the stories that I need to tell 
And everybody's hoping and scraping and wishing 
they could be something outside themselves 
If I can be me, then you can be yourself 
might not be easy, it’s like we’re never satisfied 
Right? 
It’s like we’re never satisfied 
Right? 
 
 
Got it locked 
with that namesake 
Won’t stay the same 
change like every day 
Got it locked 
with that namesake 
Won’t stay the same 
change like every day 
 
 
Smiling through the vicious 
a puzzle piece never fittin’ 
a new thread that he was given 
to weave a singular vision 
Could never be avaricious 
instead a quiet ambitious 
No reason left to resist it 
a hater just sound fictitious 
So I’m not, quittin, they stay, squintin 
try to dictate a life they not, living 
T.O. been about that truth, spillin 
don’t buck like a deer when shots hit him 
Don’t Formula One this path that you’re on 
we all gotta make our own living 
Cry out loud, don’t stay, hidden 
fear to fail, say good riddance 
 
 
Now maybe there’s a lesson I've been given 
or some wisdom from the stories that I need to tell 
And everybody's hoping and scraping and wishing 
they could be something outside themselves 
If I can be me, then you can be yourself 
might not be easy, it’s like we’re never satisfied 
Right? 
It’s like we’re never satisfied 
Right? 
 
 
Got it locked 
with that namesake 
Won’t stay the same 
change like every day 
Got it locked 
with that namesake 
Won’t stay the same 
change like every day 
 
 
Nathaniel said: “you can’t see me” 
In February, he freed me 
Cleared my head of debris, 
we shattered my boundaries 
and the lowered degree was healing 
Winter was sorely needed 
Like Pakistan, I seceded 
my leaving won’t be repeated 
Never read for them tight roles 
My eyes looked where the sky goes 
So rare like albinos 
Poachers, we zoom right by those 
Few in number like rhinos 
Reaching up for them high notes 
Study me like yo bibles 
cats fall in line like I’m Lion-o 
 
 
Now maybe there’s a lesson I've been given 
or some wisdom from the stories that I need to tell 
And everybody's hoping and scraping and wishing 
they could be something outside themselves 
If I can be me, then you can be yourself 
might not be easy, it’s like we’re never satisfied 
Right? 
It’s like we’re never satisfied 
Right? 
 
 
Got it locked 
with that namesake 
Won’t stay the same 
change like every day 
Got it locked 
with that namesake 
Won’t stay the same 
change like every day 
 
 
Now maybe there’s a lesson I've been given 
or some wisdom from the stories that I need to tell 
And everybody's hoping and scraping and wishing 
they could be something outside themselves 
If I can be me, then you can be yourself 
might not be easy, it’s like we’re never satisfied

Namesake

No ice on my hands 
no diamonds in my grill 
Don't drive a Mercedes 
I'ma keep it real 
Nothing in my pocket 
but a five-dollar bill 
Guess I'll go to Taco Bell 
and get a combo meal 
 
 
I swear to God 
I don't wanna be a broke chick 
but I'm feeling like a broke chick 
Couple diamonds in the bezel of my Audemar 
Michael J. Foxin' 
cause I'm wishin that she won't tick 
I'm a fiend for a discount 
while I dream of a penthouse 
Bought my jeans from a thrift shop 
and made a scene for a discount 
Baby I just trynna get on payroll 
but my credit's been bad since like a day old 
Sallie Mae up on my line that hoe on hold 
I'm too busy plottin how to get a bankroll 
I'll set it off in this mutha if I have to 
ten more session on this mufuckin tattoo 
My record deal like my credit card: past due 
“you shouldn't spend what you ain't got,” 
bitch I ain't ask you 
We never had nothing 
see and now I'm gon' get it 
Advance me some dollars 
and you know I'm gon' spend it 
Eaten calamari, stuntin in that 'rari 
I'm offended if you think 
that sh*t ain't rented, I'm broke, hoe 
 
 
No ice on my hands 
no diamonds in my grill 
Don't drive a Mercedes 
I'ma keep it real 
Nothing in my pocket 
but a five-dollar bill 
Guess I'll go to Taco Bell 
and get a combo meal 
 
 
Tremble in the system with a grip on a buck, 
they say "jump" 
you lick the boot that came outcha butt 
Vote yes drugs tests 
man, poverty sucks 
Just a hospital stay away from losing it all 
I told myself to be better 
that better fate would fall in place 
Momma promised she’d never 
but "never" became the ground in my face 
Fake Miss Marple got the nerve and the gall 
Huntin down panhandlers who beg near the mall 
Ryan lived and died with the dirt in his paws 
you mad they try to snatch 
a little joy from the jaws? 
You don’t like me? Just rezone 
You just wanna sell my home 
You ain’t forgive no loan 
You won’t turn my water back on 
Just turn my water back on 
 
 
No ice on my hands 
no diamonds in my grill 
Don't drive a Mercedes 
I'ma keep it real 
Nothing in my pocket 
but a five-dollar bill 
Guess I'll go to Taco Bell 
and get a combo meal 
 
 
Surf board, 
Waterboard,  
I'm kinda bored  
Take me to water world  
Not of this world 
This place is doomed 
So the players sit in space 
coz that's what players do 
We need a day or two to troubleshoot 
and do the things we wanna do 
Better be World War III  
When they summon me  
Ask can I move something 
"Show me what you got" 
They like "ooo nothing" 
 
 
Do a lot of tweeting 
while I'm sitting on the shitter 
Mind foggy like my tap water 
Gotta get a Brita 
That and a brand new spatula 
so I can make an omelette for my baby 
talking cheese on cheese 
fresh parm and feta 
never one to skimp 
on that crushed red pepper 
I'm drinking all your coffee 
can't find my passport 
first of the month and I'm dodging my landlord 
Sorry Martini 
so sorry 
you know how it goes 
 
 
No ice on my hands 
no diamonds in my grill 
Don't drive a Mercedes 
I'ma keep it real 
Nothing in my pocket 
but a five-dollar bill 
Guess I'll go to Taco Bell 
and get a combo meal 
(x6)

Diamonds (feat IRAWniQ & Passalacqua)

written and produced by
Tunde Olaniran 
Stephen Saputo
Matias Mora
Cary Singer

BURN RUBBER//You’ve been waiting on me/Longer than a CVS receipt/It’s been too long since you had/A brand new chance/To bend your back/Little bit of me mhm that’s right/Little bit of thickness in your life/Have my fun/i be in my zone/It’s a movie even when i’m all alone/That’s no act/It’s just how i/Jumped out the womb/Mom said do me/So that’s what i’ll do/Mummy Lok said /I’ll always be proud of you/Even if i don’t believe/i get to work and let these hoes catch up with me/Ok let’s go/Running off on all these hoes/i look good from head to toe/i burn rubber let them know i’m quite the sight/i am too fucking cute to fight/Know i look good mhm that’s right/i burn rubber when i zoom by/when i shine i burn bright/hit like ice cold mcdonalds sprite/i’m not good, i’m the best/say that shit with my whole chest/curve the fake love the real/you already know the deal/regular not royalty/And i work hard for everything/PERIOD/Y’all could never/These hoes could never/Let’s go!


Burn Rubber

Written and Produced by 
Tunde Olaniran 
Matias Mora
Cary Singer

ONE OF ONE//i’m a one of one/i do my own stunts/booty like the sun/innocent icon/raised on lauryn hill/miseducation/that ANTM/no surprise i’m kunt/they know what i do/they know what is what/i don’t have to speak/they know where i’m from/i’m a one of one/i do this for fun/i don’t chase the bank/money always come/If you’ve got it/Then you’ve got it/If you do not/i’m so sorry/i don’t vibe with gravity/we take off like a rocket/If you got it/Then you’ve got it/i’m a one of one/i do my own stunts/i don’t leave no crumbs/Chew it up like bubblegum/They waited so long/that when i get on/They will scream so loud/No oxygen is left inside their lungs/they know what i do/they know what is what/i don’t have to speak/they know where i’m from/i’m a one of one/i do this for fun/i don’t chase the bank/money always come/i’m a one of one/i do my own stunts/Revenge of roman/Do my chun-li buns/i’m fun and freaky come see me/It’s agbada not dashiki/Legendary i am so raw as hell yellowtail sashimi/If you’ve got it you’ve got it/You cannot turn off the faucet/i’m limited edition/Go run my direct deposit/It’s over if we hold on/Don’t always wanna keep going


One of One

Written and Produced by
Tunde Olaniran 
Matias Mora
Cary Singer
Jessie Thomas
Mia Minichiello

PERFECT SUCKS/god knows i’m trying to do better/hard times never last forever/i’ll fuck up 
you know that perfect sucks/i hope i never get it together/red eye take a flight to wherever/overdraft my/checking by now i should know better/What a wreck it’s/Always an adventure/i didn’t plan for/Try and keep it together/Can’t back out/Trust that somehow that/i/ skate by/i,i/Can’t back out/Trust that somehow/god knows i’m trying to do better/hard times never last forever/i’ll fuck up/you know that perfect sucks/i hope i never get it together/What’s this mess bet i’m in the center/don’t it feel like/i’ve been saying sorry forever/Pay me no mind/Trying to pick up all the pieces/Drop it, wash it, rinse and repeat it/Head in the clouds/Trust that somehow



Perfect Sucks

Written and Produced by
Tunde Olaniran 
Matias Mora
Cary Singer

WOW/OKAYYY/glue your wig down/oh! okay/let that stress out/o-okay/But don’t slow down/I’m not your/i’m not your/i’m not your, uh/i’m not your/i’m not your mom/Why you playing with me/This not your montessori/They gagging when see me/When they see you they are snoring
i might do some numbers/i’m Latoya Luckett/Ladies leave your man at home/Keep it jumpin jumpin jumpin/wow/Oh wow, oh wow/Oh wow, oh wow/Oh wow, oh wow/They really gonna hate me now/Oh wow, oh wow/Oh wow, oh wow/Oh wow, oh wow/They really gonna hate me now/Okay/You’ll be big mad/O-Okay/Yes i did that, O!/Oh hey/Mister big clown/i’m not your/i’m not your/i’m not your, uh/i’m not your/i’m not your/i’m not your mom/Why they playing?/Let the ref weigh in/My name go like a whistle/‘96 mariah carey/i’ll adopt a hater/Always be my baby/i’m that mint ice cream fresh drip/Ben and jerry

Written and Produced by 
Tunde Olaniran 
Matias Mora
Cary Singer

REAL YOU/you really really/want that blue check, right?/you really jumped out the window 
on your IG live/i promise i’m just trying to mind my bag/you won’t fuck up my energy up like that/i’m just trying to mind my bag/we all gotta do what we gotta do/i’ma let you take your time if you want to/but what do lose if you try/you might meet someone you like/show me the real you/you go back and forth/like 1994 aaliyah/try to figure out/live your life without the filter/give me HD/give me no lies/i don’t need finesse/show me real life/show me the real you/buried so deep/now it’s hard to find/ran a 10k keeping up with your timeline/Now we all be on ten sometimes/Getting off these tweets/but you on eleven/you a stranger thing yeah/now we all gotta do what we gotta do/and i’ma let you take your time if you want to/might not get right on the first try/you gotta be brave right when you wanna hide/run yourself into the ground to fit an ideal/trust me i know just how it feels/but what will you lose if you try/you might meet someone you like


Real You

Written and Produced by
Tunde Olaniran 
Matias Mora
Cary Singer
Jessie Thomas
Frances Louise Litterski

I’M IT/why did i go this hard/iced out like a strawberry pop tart/bring all your wigs to the yard 
why did i go this hard/right now i feel so fresh/A++ on the test/These panini ass bitches stay pressed/give em all whiplash yeah i break necks/fresh fit, too thick/that’s what i call two drips 
Fenty brows, lick my lips/My playlist up my windows down/hair blowing out the whip/They want/Whatever we got/Got em lined up halfway around the block/Popeye’s with a side of the sauce/You know how word of mouth/Goes when you’re hot/i’m it/Recognize a bad bitch/Colder than a icecap/Hotter than the climate/i’m it/Drip is on a hydrant/Got them in a choke hold/Do they need the heimlich/I’m it/Looking for a bad bitch/Come and get a look good/You know where to find it/i’m it/Why did i go this hard/Hot like flame decal on the car/Eyes bloodshot from the sauce on your tongue/Hotter than hot, johnny storm, flame on/It’s Grimm how they Ben Rich Reed/Braided up in knots/Trynna get like me/But it’s my deck/i’m James Tiberious/Babes you’re delirious/Point blank period/They really want whatever we got/Mclaren 12C hit the track without a pit stop/oh boy now would you look at what i did/Bitches in a choke hold/Bitches on heimlich/i’m it/You know word of mouth goes when you’re hot/Recognize a bad bitch are you ready or nah?



I'm It

Written and Produced by
Tunde Olaniran 
Wynne Bennett
Matias Mora
Cary Singer

BILLS/You won’t stress me out this year/Summer’s here and my skin will stay clear/W-9/Here my address/Where the contract/Attach PDF/Pilot pen here go my signature/Maybe i’m too cynical baby/But i’m burning all the oil Kuwaiti/Leaving everyone on read/Watching netflix in my bed/Unless a paycheck involved/i won’t even lift my head/You know these bills are due/you got bills i got bills too/You know these bills are due/i’m not with the shit/So don’t act brand new/whoa no i am not here to play with you/don’t get in my face and don’t act a fool/you wasting my time now i gotta find/who to charge it to/You know these bills are due/i’m not with the shit/So don’t act brand new/Now why would i beef with you/Baby my bills are due/i’m telling you i’m not the one to mess with/i’m black i’m broke i’m young and restless/Yeah no cap that is just the truth/i just can’t play nice/This is real life, basically i’ma be/Leaving everyone on read/Watching netflix in my bed/Unless a paycheck involved/i won’t even lift my head

Bills

Transgressor

Everyone's Missing

KYBM

Tunde Olaniran on Audiotree Live

Namesake (Audiotree Live Version)

I wrote ‘Symbol’ as the child of an immigrant, under the global spectre of violence against black and brown bodies, and in light of the international refugee crisis. Now, with the Trump Administration, black and brown bodies are again held up as political symbols to attack DACA and feed white nationalism. It saddens me that these lyrics feel like they will be relevant for many more generations. ‘Symbol’ is about still finding joy in the knowledge that despite a dark history, we still became the future, and that my body is the literal wildest dream of my ancestors.

Symbol - Single

Symbol

A darkly visceral, pulsing 808. The yelp of a skittering, bouncing synth. The ringing echo of a blade being drawn. All of these production elements mark a deeper dive into the hybrid club and electronic pop sound Tunde Olaniran began to explore on his 2015 debut LP, Transgressor. The opening line (“Open my mouth to start / hungry to taste your heart”) expresses an urgent desire to connect at a primal level. “I kept thinking about taking communion, the imagery of kneeling with your mouth and eyes open,” Tunde recalls, “there’s a hunger there, and an ecstasy in submission to that hunger.” Olaniran pushes his voice and production to new limits; the hook is a glistening pop vocal and lush synth pad that’s built then snatched away to reveal an addictive, hyperkinetic drop with stuttering toms and a helium vocal ad-lib. “The ‘Guess what? I’m wild.’ line is a nod to how unexpected my live show is to folks that know me but not my music,” Tunde laughs. “It’s always a shock and I want to bottle that moment and try to place it into the three minutes of this track.”

Hungry - Single

Hungry

No Enemies

Celine Dion

Miracle

Stranger

Vulnerable

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I'm Here

dreamin on a monday
fever on a tuesday
cried all of wednesday
broke every thursday
hang onto Friday, hang on
man I really thought I could climb it, hang on
guilty delusions, I pleaded 
easy solutions I needed
out of illusions so hang on
the earth that i’m gripping, unproven
under my fingers, it loosen
man I could be really delusional, hang on

where you goin when you stop halfway up the mountain 
i don't know where i got the strength from but i found it 
your fear can betray you
don't let go, a breakthrough 
don't stop when you've gone halfway up the mountain 

climb it i done it 
believe it, i run it
i got it, i better
i run it to heaven
i done it, i run it 
i got it, whatever 
believe it, I’ll make it
i got it, i better
i'll get it, i got it 
i done it however 
believe it, i done it
i run it to heaven

tell me don’t it seem like nothing 
on this planet really ever changes 
thoughts swimming in the moonlight 
and the streets full of strangers
through halls feelin major
everybody in your corner 
fall into this echo chamber 
what’s the danger?

Mountain

Jean Grey

hey i'm from Flint, MI. i produce music with my friends and then sing over it.

abandon all preconceptions about what pop music can be, and you'll have a great time here.

Tunde Olaniran

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