an album by Rahmaan

featuring Finesse., DJ Posterchild, Kaléra, pixuhl, Afzal Khan, Devika, HENRI KAY, & Everything, I'm Everywhere

creative direction by Tori Mumtaz

Stream Everywhere

with love, Irvin

Produced by Rahmaan, SOBHHÏ, & Steffen Yoshiki (@steffenyoshiki)
Written by Rahmaan & SOBHHÏ
Mixing & Engineering by Rahmaan & SOBHHÏ
Mastering in progress by Rahmaan & SOBHHÏ

[Verse 1]
It be like
4AM and you stay callin on me
Talkin bout some shit you think I done in my sleep
Seem like — every day you just get harder to please
Need someone to make me feel better than free
And by the way, I can’t be your fantasy
Especially when all you do is get mad at me
Project your insecurities on me, you will
But if we’re being real, there’s no point of being here - yeah
Never letting me go my way
You out with ya girls on a Friday
Woadies lookin at me sideways
Like why would I even allow that?
You never text and never call back
Til suddenly you wanna fall back
Damn, you really thinkin you all that
Yeah —
Gotta leave this shit behind
You just been a waste of time, yeah
Overdrive, energy ain’t synchronized, yeah
All your lies don't add up, they multiply, yeah

[Hook]
Why don't you waste my time
Just a little bit more
Little bit more, little bit
Why don't you waste my time
Just a little bit more
Little bit more, yeah yeah
Why don't you waste my time
A little bit more
Little bit more, little bit
Why don't you waste my time
Yeah, whoa, oh

[Verse 2: sobhhï]
Time is my money
Said that before, but you don't learn from repetition
Consequences of you fucking with my vision
That's not something I would ever be wishing on my worst enemies
I'm not worried about losing you
You keep testing all your limits
I might go and make a fool of you
Baby, I could ruin you
If you keep trying to tip the balance, take granted what I do for you
If you'll be wasteful with all my timing
Yeah
Might not be here when you try to find me
Whoa
If you'll be wasteful with all my timing
Then I might not be here when you try to find me
Fuck around and go leave you behind me, yeah

[Hook]
Why don't you waste my time
Just a little bit more
Little bit more, little bit
Why don't you waste my time
Just a little bit more
Little bit more, yeah yeah
Why don't you waste my time
A little bit more
Little bit more, little bit
Why don't you waste my time
Yeah, whoa, oh

wastemytime - Single

wastemytime

wastemytime (w/ sobhhï)

music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN3UGpSCSrw
cover art by khalid

produced, written, engineered by me

[verse 1]
shorty got a new vice, that’s me
shona we could do whatever, roll the dice for me, mm
she wanna catch another flight, on me
cuz i know that she got next, ain’t the others get her pressed
she a ride or die for me
uh
faded off the gas, girl i’m so gone
best you ever had til it goes wrong
I’mma make you uhh with your clothes on
In the back of the ‘Lac, feelin frozen, uh
she know this the shit i do for a livin
we know this ain’t love, we jus widdit
yeah
woadies know i keep a tool in the civic

[prehook]
oh, oh - 
bad habits comin back
i done got too attached, can’t function
you know I got love for you,
but she my substance

[hook]
shona you could be my east side love
said you could be my east side love
yeah you could be my east side love
yeah you could be my east side love
east side
east side, east side

[verse 2]
blew 500 with my woadie on the west side
shorty workin for the dollars, get your money baby, that’s right
when i live this lifestyle, how you think that you could be mine?
there’s 12 others that i got, if you want me, better get in line
hey
they know this the shit i do for a livin
they know this ain’t love, they jus widdit
Yeah
woadies know I keep a tool in the civic

[prehook]
oh, oh - 
bad habits comin back
i done got too attached, can’t function
you know I got love for you,
but she my substance

[hook]
shona you could be my east side love
said you could be my east side love
yeah you could be my east side love
yeah you could be my east side love
east side
east side, east side

[inter]
sonia, meri sonia
meri pyaar, kothai jaao naa
sajna, o meri sajna
o tomar dil amar, bhulo naa

[outro]
in this lonely night
my sins keep me awake like i’m on overdrive
could meeting you be fate? no, i apologize
ain’t nobody gonna change my ways
ain’t nobody gonna see my face
ain’t nobody gonna be another mistake for me
for me
for me
junoon

STREAM EVERYWHERE

EASTSIDELOVE [prod. Rahmaan]

written by rahmaan
produced by rahmaan
mastered by s2xs
creative direction by pixuhl

Intuition telling me I can’t get too involved
Can’t even get no sleep, baby not at all

Subhanallah
Subhanallah
Yeah
Ooh yeah, ooh yeah
Ooh yeah, ooh yeah
Ooh yeah
Ooh yeah, ooh yeah
Look

You always worried too much
You're why our time got used up
Now I don’t know who you touch
Ever since we both screwed up
I’m in the city, wassup
I know you’re out here too, my love
The way that you got me fucked up
You’ll never even know
At night before you sleep
I hope you think of me
And how I touched your body
Our song was on repeat
We went bout 23
Still question what you saw in me
I been outlandish, ooh ooh ooh
You know that I, uh - didn’t mean to damage, ooh ooh ooh
You’re sweet like, uh - sweet like candy
Understand me, we both know what we can be
Hey

Intuition telling me I can’t get too involved
But I need your energy, this that same old song
Can’t even get no sleep, baby not at all
But with you, I don't know if we been right or wrong
So I
I need to get away
Shona
You could be my getaway

Subhanallah
Subhanallah
Yeah
Ooh yeah, ooh yeah
Ooh yeah, ooh yeah
Ooh yeah
Ooh yeah

I miss the way you kissed me
(Apnar chara, apnar chara, apnar chara)
Don’t you even miss me?
(Apnar chara, apnar chara, apnar chara, apnar chara)
We argued bout the same things
(Apnar chara, apnar chara, apnar chara, apnar chara)
Every night and day
(Apnar chara, apnar chara)
Every night and day
(Apnar chara, apnar chara)

Intuition telling me I can’t get too involved
But I need your energy, this that same old song
Can’t even get no sleep, baby not at all
But with you, I don't know if we been right or wrong
So I
I need to get away
Shona
I know you always get your way

STREAM/WATCH

GETAWAY (SUBHANALLAH) [prod. Rahmaan]

MUSIC VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP8Qexg9ye4

Featuring @boredfinesse @djposterchildnyc

[Verse 1]
I fight way too many demons
I know that I don't have the right
To tell you how I feel
Even if it's real
Even if you heal every scar in my soul
I need your lovin, but I won't speak up
Baby, tell me why don't you speak up?
How would they feel if they start to see us?
Do you see us the way I see us?

[Prehook]
Or do you even know me?
Don't you know I'm lonely?
Love is what you've told me
But you don't know the old me
Married to my vices
Got lost in my excitement
Did shit out of spite
And it's all come back

[Hook]
Girl, tell me what you want
Girl, tell me how you feel
Is it real? Do you want me for the thrill? Yeah
Girl, say what you want
Girl, say what you will
I can't heal, I just want you for the thrill
For the thrill, for the thrill like

[Verse 2]
Cuz you're risky
And I'm tipsy
We could fuck for the night cuz I'm empty
Know I like you for your thrill cuz you're messy
You don't tempt me
You tempt me
Girl I know you're the spark to my fire
Bring out the worst in both of our desires
Say you like them good boys, girl you a liar
I know the need for some dough, I was dire
Can you right my wrongs if I take you there?
Battling all these feelings and they don't fight fair
Breathe all the smoke just like the air
I know you bad for me, and I just don't care

[Prehook]
Or do you even know me?
Don't you know I'm lonely?
Love is what you've told me
But you don't know the old me
Married to my vices
Got lost in my excitement
Did shit out of spite
And it's all come back

[Hook]
Girl, tell me what you want
Girl, tell me how you feel
Is it real? Do you want me for the thrill? Yeah
Girl, say what you want
Girl, say what you will
I can't heal, I just want you for the thrill
For the thrill, for the thrill like

[Outro]
You could be my getaway

THRILL (ft. Finesse. & DJ Posterchild) [prod. Rahmaan]

written by rahmaan
produced by rahmaan
mastered by rahmaan
creative direction by tori mumtaz

[Verse 1]
I’ve been left alone for way too long
So I reserve the right to do them wrong
And they've all said they worry
About me
Well, don’t they all?
Til it comes down to it and nobody’s there
When I fall
When I fall
I just want my peace
With all my wrongs and all my sins
And I want to erase
What I began, tonight starts at
(2:22)

[Verse 2]
Been bout a dozen a girls I been chasing
Gettin complacent, gotta slow my pacing
Hit the blunt in front of the truth, so I don’t face it
Anxious, still in a room full of my gangstas
She pour me a shot, say I ain’t wit it
If I sip on any liquor, I know I won’t finish
Spill it - I know you got some things you been hiding
You too silent, tell me who the fuck it is you been wylin with?
Got me a model chick so I could get on top of this
I throw her dollars cuz she knows I like the sound of it
No I ain’t proud of it, they all just my vices
Psilocybin and pussy just so enticing
Stacking capital, building my arsenal
Moving millis in the morning, bodies in the eve
Crazy club nights with the girls past 3
Your girl too whipped, she should grind it on me
She should grind it on me
Yeah
She should grind it on me
Shorty just grind it on me
Don’t get too close
Don’t get too comfortable
You know these always end in pain
I can’t get close
It’s nothing personal
Still don’t want you to walk away
Catch me at the club at… (x3)
2:22
Catch me at the club at… (x3)
2:22

222 [prod. Rahmaan]

written by rahmaan, @imkalera , @pixuhl
produced by rahmaan
mastered by rahmaan
creative direction by tori mumtaz

[Verse 1: Rahmaan]
I never thought that we’d get any closer
And now you’re all that I see in my dreams, even when I’m sober
I didn’t wanna give you up, I just got weight on my shoulders
I know I would’ve loved you wrong, like I did over and over
But still I say
Jeo na, amar jaaneman
Abar bhulbo naa, tader nazar
Someone like me
Should never be
The one for you
But still I breathe
The air you breathe
Cuz I only see you

[Verse 2: Kalera]
I see your face in the flicker of the light
A shadow moving in the silence of the night
Its been so long that you been out of my sight
So tell me how you’re still always on my mind 
Dil diyan gallan odo aapa nahi keetiyan,
Hun das karengi ke nahi?
Odo ta main tenu dil de ni sakeya,
Hun das, layengi ke nahi?

(Translation: 
We didn’t share the feelings of our hearts back then
Now tell me, will we do it or not?
I couldn’t give you my heart then,
Now tell me, will you take it or not?)

[Interlude: Rahmaan & Kaléra]
Agar tum mil jao
Zamana chod denge hum
Agar tum mil jao
Zamana chod denge hum

[Hook]
Will you be my escape?
Or are you just a new mistake for me?
Will you be my escape?
Or are you just a new mistake for me?

[Part 2]
You said you wanted this for life — ooh yeah
Empty promises to keep me in your life
And now I’m broken, beaten, bruised, cuz I believed you
You said you’d reassure me, why didn’t you see it through?
I knew this from the jump — I knew you’d make these moves
I knew you’d tell me I’m the one then leave me here to lose
I knew you’d go and tell your friends that I fucked up with you
When you fucked up with me, you don’t want them to see
But I dare you to show the way we argued day and night
I swear they’ll take my side, they’ll all see that I’m right
And you’ll disappoint your family who told you "realize
I shouldn’t be your rebound, cuz I’m your sweet surprise"
I thought that you’d be my escape, god what a fucking shame
That I’m the one to break, you were just a huge mistake
My intuition told me we were wrong, but I chose you
This album was about you all along

ESCAPE/MISTAKE (ft. Kaléra & pixuhl) [prod. Rahmaan]

written by afzal khan & rahmaan
produced by rahmaan
mastered by rahmaan
creative direction by tori mumtaz

[Poem: “Reborn” by Afzal Khan]
Ghona kaalo jongoler bhetor diye hente hente
Ami obosheshe pouchhe gechhi kholamela lokaloye.
Jomat baadha ondhokarer haat dhore dhore
Ami ekhon pouchhe gechhi suryodoyer kachhe.
Sakalbelar roktim surjo aar mukto batas dekhbo bole
Ami dhorechhilam kaalo kapore dhaaka duto haat.
Ondhokare pari diyechhilam ghono oronnyer
Thik moddhokhan diye, jekhane chokher
Drishyomoyota chhilo shunyo.
Kongo boner durgomo chorai utorai paar hote giye
Ami juddho korechhi hingsro hayena aar nekorer shathe bahu baar.
Kobra, vaipar aar maambaser bhetor diye jete jete
Shokto haate shapurer bashi bajiye bosh korechhi tader hingsrota.
Oshohay manusher artonaade Daryen Gap-er akash batas
Phete porchhe bar bar.
Aar ami shei dukhe koshthe khan khan hoyechhi shotobar.
Kintu tarporo ami thami ni.
Ami Kongo sesh kore Daryen Gap-er bhetor diye
Eshe porchhi Amazon-er Rain Forest-e.
Protiti oronnyer hingsro ondhokare khoto hoyechhi bar bar
Ek mutho shubhro rod-er ashay amar deho hoyechhe churmar
Ek fota swachchho bhalobashar trishnay amar buk fettechhe shoto bar.
Kintu amar mon ekhon tripto,
Sokaler surjo dekhte peyechhi bole.
Ami ekhon mukto,
Amar mon aar dehe oronnyer shei durgomota nei bole.
Ekhon protirodh nei, protishodh nei,
Shudhu achhi ami, ekjon swachchho ami:
Ekbuk bhalobasha, laal golaper prem,
Aar mon bhulano bishwo joyer asha niye.

[Translation]
Walking through the dense dark forest
I’ve finally reached the open countryside.
Holding the hands of solidified darkness
I’ve now reached the sunrise.
To see the crimson sun and the free air of the morning
I held two hands covered in black cloth.
I crossed the dark, dense forest
Right through the middle, where
Visibility was zero.
While crossing difficult terrain of the Congo forest
I fought many times with fierce hyenas and wolves.
Passing through cobras, vipers and mambas
With my firm hands, playing the snake charmer’s flute, I tamed their ferocity.
The sky and air of the Darien Gap
Have been shattered again and again by the cries of helpless people.
And I’ve been broken into pieces hundreds of times in that sorrow and pain.
Yet I did not stop.
I finished Congo, and through the Darien Gap
I’ve come to the Amazon rainforest.
Wounded again and again in the fierce darkness of every forest
My body has been shattered in the hope of a fresh white sunlight,
My chest has been broken hundreds of times in the thirst for a drop of real love.
But my mind is now happy,
Because I have been able to see the morning sun!
I am free now,
Because the ruggedness of the forest is no longer in my mind and body.
Now there is no resistance, no revenge,
Only I exist, a transparent me:
With a heart full of love, the love of red roses,
And the hope for winning the entire world.

[Outro]
I just hope you heal, I just hope you heal
I hope that our time made you want to heal
Just know that when you’re done, I’ll be over here
Waiting for you

with love interlude (feat. Afzal Khan) [prod. Rahmaan]

"I'll Come Too" — a cover by Rahmaan 🐝🤍

to James Blake: thank you for being an important part of the best day of my life over the summer. this cover is in homage to you — for being my favorite artist, writing my favorite song, and creating brilliant intentional music that transformed and inspired my life and art exponentially.

I hope you all enjoy my rendition. this one means a lot to me for many reasons.

I'll Come Too (a James Blake cover)

written by rahmaan
produced by rahmaan
mastered by rahmaan
creative direction by tori mumtaz

[Hook]
Sunny days in August
We were locked into our fate, no more better days
If we're south, then know I called it
The sirens, they’re calling
Is this even you?
Is this even you?

[Verse]
I know you’re hurt cuz I said what I said
But was it worth
Leaving it all?
You’ve done worse, and I forgave instead
Was I coerced?
You leave me so small
It isn't what it seems - to me
This isn't how you speak - to me
You've never put me in your line of fire
Is this the way you've left them all behind?
Keep yourself from me
You shift your shapes with ease

[Hook]
Sunny days in August
We were locked into our fate, no more better days
If we're south, then know I called it
The sirens, they’re calling
Is this even you?
Is this even you?

[Hook]
We don’t mean what we say
In retrograde (x2)

[Verse]
This city’s gotten lonely, I’ve been looking for you
Looking for you
Looking for you
Wherever I might find you, I know you’d feel it too
You’d feel it too
I’ll see you anew
I’ll see you anew

[Hook]
We don’t mean what we say
In retrograde (x2)

AUGUST (retrograde) [prod. Rahmaan]

written by rahmaan, devika, sadeipa, sri
produced by rahmaan & sadeipa
mastered by rahmaan
creative direction by tori mumtaz

[Intro]
In the night
I try
And try
To reach out to you
Why
Do you deny
My
Love for —

[Verse 1: Devika]
Is our love like a game to you
I, still try but I can’t get through
Everything I do, I do it for you babe
Look at what you turned into 
Talk too loud, can’t hear the truth
Checkmate, you’re all out of moves
Self sabotage, your greatest enemy
You’ve lost your mind, and boy it’s killing me
If im breaking you, you’re breaking me more
Is this what you asked for?

[Hook: Devika]
Is this what we really want?
Is this what we really want?
Is this what you really want?
Is this what you really want?
Is this what you really want?

[Breakdown: Rahmaan & Devika]
In the night
I try
And try
To reach out to you
Why
Do you deny
My
Love for —

[Verse 2: Rahmaan]
I see your eyes
Your soul's been dead
And she took mine
So we both lack sense
I know you relate
With what I had
With her you stay
But with me you're bad

[Hook: Rahmaan]
Is this what you really want?
Is this what you really want?
Is this what you really want?
Is this what you really want?

is this what you really want? (ft. Devika) [prod. Rahmaan]

written by rahmaan
produced by rahmaan & henri kay
mastered by rahmaan
creative direction by tori mumtaz

[Verse 1]
I’ve been here before
You’ll love me til I drop my mask
You know I’ve felt your evil eye
Day and night
Yet I can’t help but try
Cuz what if you’re different?
What if you’re …
So wrap yourself around til you can’t get loose
That’s just the way that it goes, you choose
But don’t you ever say I played you for a fool
Girl I done told you

[Hook]
You know I can’t commit to this
I’m bout my money and my business
You tell your friends that I been slick with it
Cuz I won’t see you for my instincts
Follow my instincts

[Outro]
I’ve always had my reservations
Why do I feel this hesitation?
I’ve felt you coming onto me since day one
I wish I realized
Cuz I never would’ve let you get attached
To somebody like me
Somebody like me

INSTINCTS [prod. Rahmaan & HENRI KAY]

happy 2/22

http://xrahmaan.com/
http://instagram.com/imkalera

Stream/Watch

EXTASY

Music video with Yari Vanessaa here (rest in Paradise - we all love you): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR4SVUIUSFg

heyooo dis a new song featuring my brother @iamdeverano produced by lars lars aka @officialmedasin , hope u guys like it

lyrics:

[Verse 1: Deverano]
Severed from my ties to you
Questions that reply with truth
Was it worth the cry or two?
Was it just that side of you?
Yes, of course, cuz I love you
But you love me behind the booth
Don't forget the times we wooed
I text once, you reply with two
Now I can't confide in you
I sense the rage inside of you
Before I said goodbye to you
I thanked for the crisis too
No girl I know could try this smooth
And you made it seem like I was rude
And in the end, I was tight with you
Thanks a lot for the time with you

[Hook: Irahnik]
Tell me
Did you ever feel it the way that I did?
Oh I said, tell me, tell me
Will you ever thank me the way that I did?

[Verse 2: Irahnik]
I'm not alive, I'm killin time, right?
I was so blind, I had no eyesight
But now in retrospect I'm thinkin that if some night
You wanted to come back, I wouldn't let you, but it's alright
I wanna thank you though, through all of the pain, we grow
Prayin with all of the faith I hold that you'll be fine, maybe so
Baby, oh please don't tear up cuz I ain't shit
I ain't really worth all that much, I swear, I'm stuck in an abyss, but
I'm sorry every song's about you
But I can't help it, now I wish I didn't doubt you
Well I'm glad that positivity surrounds you
Thinkin about our past, like what did it even amount to - right? 
Well, to me, you were the light inside the dark
And bright - just like a star, and I'd fight if it wasn't wrong
But I might - go on hiatus, evading all of my qualms
That you let go way too quick, but I'll still thank you all along, understand

[Hook: Irahnik]
Tell me
Did you ever feel it the way that I did?
Oh I said, tell me, tell me
Will you ever thank me the way that I did?

Download

Irahnik & Deverano - thx (prod. Medasin)

so @oshi let me do something over "god hour" and i met him + some other hooligans in NYC yesterday, so yeah here u go call me drake fam

donate if ur real though [or download by following both of us, i mean i don't really mind either one]: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/high-single/id1029914080

[Hook]
God damn, I'm so damn high
I'm on a higher level, yeah I'm so damn high
My ex can't even reach me cuz I'm so damn high
Been feelin shit forever, now I feel alright, now I'm so damn high

[Verse 1]
I'm in the cut right now
Damn all the phonies are lookin sus right now
All of my exes say life sucks right now
Cuz they finally notice the women love my sound, UGH
Yeah - But now I'm pretty tired
Tired of all the lames and tired of my desires
Tired of all the fakes who wasn't here when I was weak
Tired of all my haters, man they sowed and they reaped
Heh, but now I'm over that
I ascend my way to Heaven and the Solars, man
I got sick and tired of ridin rollercoasters
Now I'm stayin sober and dealin with no posers, man
Yeah - but now I'm so damn high
This god hour like I slowed down time
It'd be my pleasure to be on cloud 9
Never gonna quit it there ain't no downtime
And you KNOW IT - Damn

[Bridge]
I'm too fuckin nice, I know
Sittin so damn high on my throne
Take you where you wanna go
But first off, I'mma start by sayin this
God damn, god damn

[Verse 2]
But I ain't even fuckin done yet
Charged up even when the fuckin sun set
And I ain't give a shit about even like one threat
Now I'm in a higher state of mind
And all of those who left are gonna pay the fine
Where were y'all when I said "hey, that rhymed!"
Hah - now I'm traveling through space and time
Nah fuck yo flow, I make my own damn codes
Sittin mad high, now you're so damn low
Said I wanna rule the world, now I'm travelin the globe
This shit is a career, and it ain't no joke
Yeah - Brotha, stuntin is a hobby
Startin up a kingdom like my name is Hammurabi
Now y'all see that my aura stay godly
None of y'all dudes can't never ever stop me
You KNOW IT - Damn

[Bridge]
I'm too fuckin nice, I know
Sittin so damn high on my throne
Take you where you wanna go
But first off -

[Hook]
God damn, I'm so damn high
I'm on a higher level, yeah I'm so damn high
My ex can't even reach me cuz I'm so damn high
Been feelin shit forever, now I feel alright, now I'm so damn high

High

Irahnik - High (prod. Oshi)

written by rahmaan
produced by rahmaan
mastered by rahmaan
creative direction by tori mumtaz

[Verse 1]
I thought I already
Atoned for my sins
I thought you helped me
Look within
So why do I suffer the same fate?
Why do you hate me the same way
That all of them did?
[Prehook]
Now you're in my city
And you're in my heart
And you're in my mind
But not in my arms
And you watch my moves
I watch yours too
No, you can’t heal
I’ve been there, too
[Hook]
And now it’s him that you’re with
You're with that guy you told me not
To worry about
Of course, it’s that guy you told me not
To worry about
[Verse 2]
You can't ever be alone
You jump from her to me to him
Haunting every place I’ve owned
Our memories I’ll see again
What did you deceive me for
And tell me he was just a friend?
When all you could’ve done is just left me alone
Wish I didn’t agree to be yours
[Prehook]
Now you're in my city
And you're in my heart
And you're in my mind
But not in my arms
And you watch my moves
I watch yours too
No, you can’t heal
I’ve been there, too
[Hook]
And now it’s him that you’re with
You're with that guy you told me not
To worry about
I once was that guy you told her not
To worry about
[Bridge]
Remember how you felt in my car?
I know that he won’t take you that far
Now I don’t wanna know how you are
You’d always leave me in the dark
[Outro]
Remember how you felt?
Remember how I made you feel?
Remember how you felt?
Remember how you felt?
In my car
In my bed
In my arms
With me

he's just a friend, i swear!!! [prod. Rahmaan]

yoooo new track up with my buddy @luminatebeats , sequel to the track "High" produced by Oshi up on my page, hope y'all dig dis :-)

cover model: http://instagram.com/ilovecathychang

Solo

Irahnik - Solo (prod. Luminate)

i hope everything's fine up where you are.  love you so much, buddy.

huge thanks to @romderful for banging this out in only an hour for me.  love you dude.

suicide prevention lifeline: 1-800-273-8255

lyrics:

[Hook]
You were my water lady
You made me feel so fine
But now my heart is racing
I think I've finally shut off now
And no I can't embrace it
I felt like I was past my time
And now my mind is spacing
Soon I'll be with you in the clouds, oh

[Verse]
Your soul so beautiful, know that the fact's inscrutable
What did these people do to you, no I can't the gist
I swear that you were my sister, at least you're feeling your bliss
But - I think I might've understood
You were great and they were jealous and envied the place you stood
You're an angel, the same old same old comments, I thought you could
The stupid players that hated your greatness, you'll make em good
And I'm sorry - I really should've texted you a week ago
Asking if you were coming to NYC to see me though
Believe me though - we haven't talked in a minute
But all the while, I smiled thinking of our times in Venice, like

[Hook]
You were my water lady
You made me feel so fine
But now my heart is racing
I think I've finally shut off now
And no I can't embrace it
I felt like I was past my time
And now my mind is spacing
Soon I'll be with you in the clouds, oh

Irahnik & ROMderful - Water Lady

Now available on all major music platforms -- http://fanlink.to/Longterm

Produced by j.robb (@jrobbdaproducer) & foisey (@foisey)
Mixed & Engineered by Rahmaan & j.robb
Mastered by j.robb
Written by Rahmaan

Cover photo by Aaron Laserna (instagram.com/aaron_laserna); edited by Rahmaan

Lyrics:

[Verse 1]
All of these hoes in my messages, I just care for your reply
Don't feel like them feelings be sending though, everything you say feel dry
Talkin bout "I love you, I love how you do it"
Baby, what you really talkin bout?
You don't think longterm, you just think for now
Girl, how you think you sound?
Nah, this ain't real love, real love, real talk
You don't really make me feel love
I be smokin out the window
Thinkin bout the shit I didn't know
That you didn't wanna tell me 'cause you was way too scared
You thought you would hurt me, desert me, but you know I been there (a hundred times)
I know, I know, you don't like convos, convos
You just want all of, all of, me in your bandeau, bandeau
I know you always saying that you love me back
But shorty, I ain't feelin shit from you and that's a fact, that's a fact

[Hook x2]
Fuck your lies, fuck your, fuck your, lies, yeah (x3)
Fuck your lies, I heard it a hundred times, yeah

[Verse 2]
Why you only miss me when it's dead at night?
Why you say you love me, but I ain't your type?
Why you being petty, always picking fights?
Why you tryna tell me off like you was right?
I thought that I'd get over you if I got high
But shit, I done got way too high and now you on my mind
I see you posting to your haters of you smoking, not inhaling
Girl you know that I'll be patient, baby, why you so impatient? Yallah
Why don't you tell me what I'm doing wrong and make everything all good?
Why don't you tell me what's a little off instead of making me think we good?
Oh, you wasn't thinkin clearly, you don't know what you want?
Well clearly, you don't want my ass, so I'mma cut you off, and that's real talk, yeah

[Hook x2]
Fuck your lies, fuck your, fuck your lies, yeah (x3)
Fuck your lies, I heard it a hundred times, yeah

Longterm

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Longterm (prod. j.robb & foisey)

Stream/buy everywhere: http://fanlink.to/Empathy

Produced by Rahmaan
Mixed & Engineered by Rahmaan
Mastered by Rahmaan
Written by Rahmaan

Cover photo by Cam Robert (http://instagram.com/cont4ct) @ Vevo HQ, edited by Rahmaan

Lyrics:

(Verse 1)
You said you needed space, now you’re happy and I feel so weak
I had a hunnid things to say, but you wouldn’t even talk to me
I been going through some pain, and you stay thinkin bout not me… heh
You tell me that I’ve changed, but I’m still just the same old me
You liked me better when you barely knew me
Our ties been severed, now I’m steady losing
Before we were together, you were just another groupie
Need me at your worst and I’ll ease the pain, need you at my worst and you call me insane?
No we don’t fuck with that fake shit round here, baby
Keep your distance from me, you’re too shady
Why you talkin shit like I did you wrong, you’re crazy
I know you only think about yourself

(Hook)
Baby where’s your empathy?
Tell me, where’s your empathy
All I needed was some empathy
So tell me, where’s your empathy

(Verse 2)
Got a couple queens in the bedroom
Got a pound of weed in my closet
Gonna smoke it all up with no headroom
All my lovin, you ain’t really bout it bout it
Shit, I gave you every single piece of me
You ain’t gave shit to me except your body
You only liked me for my music and my weed
Gave you all my heart, then you left me when you got it
How could you be so cruel, cruel, cruel, cruel, cruel
I don’t know what to do, do, do, do, do
Why’d I fall for you, you, you, you, you
I see you only ever call me when you're twisted
But you don't even miss me, you don't even miss me

(Hook)
Baby where’s your empathy?
Tell me, where’s your empathy
All I needed was some empathy
So tell me, where’s your empathy

Empathy

Empathy (prod. Rahmaan)

Watch the music video on VEVO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo0q5j9MMUo

Stream everywhere: http://fanlink.to/Shanti

Produced by KINGBNJMN (@kingbnjmn)
Engineered & mixed by Rahmaan & KINGBNJMN
Mastered by Rahmaan
Written by Rahmaan

Single cover edited by Rahmaan

Lyrics:

[Verse 1]
Your parents said I ain’t no good for you
But I’m the only one that got hurt
I’m the only one that put in work
I’m the only one that’s in the dirt
Took you out about a hundred times (no I don’t know why)
Why did I think that you would never lie? (Way way way too nice)
I’m way too nice and girl, you took advantage (yeah, you took advantage)
Broke my mind eight times, I never planned this (tryna leave this planet)
Listen I’m not tryna be ya friend; if I do, this shit will never end
All the money and the time I spent, tryna make you mine was a loss at best
Yallah — I had way too much to drink
So I yelled and called you names, but that’s just how I think, like

(Prehook)
Yallah, yallah
I need some kinda power, power
To be all on my own
To be all on my own
Said I’m screamin yallah, yallah
I need some kinda power, power
To be all on my own
To be all on my own

[Hook x2]
I need shanti, shanti, shanti, shanti, shanti (x3)
All I really need is me and weed, so please get off me

[Verse 2]
Every girl I meet just be the same
Ain’t nobody tryna make a change
Ain’t nobody out here switchin lanes
Seem like every hoe be lookin for some fame
Nobody tryna love you
All them guys just wanna fuck you
Hit my homies up like come through
Did you really think they dumb as you?
Now you goin way outta your way, tryna put everything back into place
See I know you cannot handle no hate, like everything has to go your way
Oh no, oh no — You couldn’t tell the truth
I couldn't handle you, man what are ya gonna do

(Prehook)
Yallah, yallah
I need some kinda power, power
To be all on my own
To be all on my own
Said I’m screamin yallah, yallah
I need some kinda power, power
To be all on my own
To be all on my own

[Hook x2]
I need shanti, shanti, shanti, shanti, shanti (x3)
All I really need is me and weed, so please get off me

Shanti - Single

Shanti

Shanti (prod. KINGBNJMN)

Produced by ROMderful (@romderful) 
Additional production by Rahmaan
Engineered & mixed by Rahmaan & ROMderful
Mastered by Rahmaan
Written by Rahmaan

VIBE Magazine feature: https://www.vibe.com/2017/10/rahmaan-new-single-on-me/

Lyrics:

[Verse 1]
I seen you lurking on the low, on the low
At night you on ya phone, can’t sleep at all
I been with my Akhi, yo — yeah, they all know
You been sneakin out ya home, just to go get throwed
You act like you don’t miss me, but I know wassup
Talkin, posting pics in hopes I’ll call you up
Photoshoots in lingerie, more followers
You do ya best to flex as if I give a fuck

[Prehook]
Now I get so — high
Yeah, now I get so — high
That you don’t even come to — mind
And now I finally feel al — right

[Hook]
If you ever wanna go and waste your time, hope you waste it on me
If you ever wanna text with no reply, hope you waste it on me
If you ever need a reason why you cry, hope you’ll blame it on me
And when it don’t work with ya new guy, hope you’ll blame it on me
Yeah - Yallah

[Verse 2]
Back on my dumb shit
It's been getting harder to function
Tryna find someone with substance
But there ain't nobody I fuck with
But now I'm free on the real
I'm doin me on the real
I hope you see on the real
I hope that it's sadness you feel
I know you got about like 20 hoes lined up
Since before we got together just in case that we broke up
You just need something to feed on all the time to feel okay
And when shit don't go your way, you lie and lie and lie away
You like your likes so much, you bought an app for that
You call me all these names to get me mad for that
You tryna cause some problems now, you sad for that
Cuz I don't really fuck with you like that
You double textin fuckboys to come fuck you up
You smoke and drink whatever to get popular
The shit you do make me wan ring my shottas up
You try so hard as if I give a fuck

[Prehook]
Now I get so — high
Yeah, now I get so — high
That you don’t even come to — mind
And now I finally feel al — right

[Hook]
If you ever wanna go and waste your time, hope you waste it on me
If you ever wanna text with no reply, hope you waste it on me
If you ever need a reason why you cry, hope you’ll blame it on me
And when it don’t work with ya new guy, hope you’ll blame it on me
Yeah - Yallah

[Verse 3]
Yeah - look what you did to me
Aye, look what you did to me
You lackin empathy, I’m losing energy
This twisted fantasy, yeah yeah yeah yeah
Oh - I need some Hennessy
Aye, I need my Hennessy
You were my ecstasy, but now you’re dead to me
This twisted fantasy

[Prehook]
Now you get so - high
Yeah, now you get so - high
Do I even come to - mind?
Do you finally feel alright?

[Hook]
If you ever wanna go and waste your time, hope you waste it on me
If you ever wanna text with no reply, hope you waste it on me
If you ever need a reason why you cry, hope you’ll blame it on me
And when it don’t work with ya new guy, hope you’ll blame it on me

On Me - Single

On Me

On Me (prod. ROMderful)

Produced by Rahmaan
Mixed & Engineered by Rahmaan
Mastered by Rahmaan
Written by Rahmaan

Lyrics:

[Hook]
Give me a love like sapphire (x8)

[Verse 1]
I know that I been with too many girls
And none of em ever stayed in my world
Somethin like 5 or like 6 of em got me hurt
They all be lyin and lyin, like what’s my worth?
I need me a queen that’ll wish me the best
Someone to lay with, her hand on my chest
Something unbreakable, no more gold
Something like sapphire, ruby stones
Fuck with a hitta like me, baby can you handle a hitta like me?
Need someone to ride for a hitta, die for a hitta, maybe even feel for a hitta like me, yeah
I can be your sanctuary of bones
If you could be my blood and muscle, I won’t feel so alone, no no
Yallah, yallah, I need my shona, shona
To pull me closer, closer to You and Heaven if you let me in
And all the, new girls, they make me wonder, wonder
If something’s wrong with me or not, I need someone that’s just as wrong as me

[Hook]
Give me a love like sapphire (x8)

[Verse 2]
Yeah, I been working, I been tryna get my money up
And I closed all my curtains, wrists and legs is gettin bloodier
And my exes stay lurkin, laughin at me, think I’m funny huh?
It’s cuz of you I been shutting down, it’s cuz of you I been smoking loud
Relationships create nothin but strangers in the end
Swear that shit just make me wanna drive a bullet through my head
Maybe one day I’ll be good, I’mma get what I deserve
Cuz I know that That ain’t you or you or you, but damn this hurts now

[Hook]
Give me a love like sapphire (x8)

Gracious

Sapphire

Sapphire (prod. Rahmaan)

Produced by Rahmaan
Written by Rahmaan
Mixed & Engineered by Rahmaan
Mastered by Rahmaan

Lyrics: https://genius.com/Rahmaan-yougetmeso-lyrics

Pyaar, Hawaas

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yougetmeso

Produced by Rahmaan
Written by Rahmaan
Mixed & Engineered by Rahmaan
Mastered by Rahmaan

Lyrics: https://genius.com/Rahmaan-needyourlove-lyrics

needyourlove

Produced by Rahmaan & Remo (@isthatremo)
Written by Rahmaan
Mixed & Engineered by Rahmaan
Mastered by Rahmaan

Lyrics: https://genius.com/Rahmaan-balance-lyrics

balance

a rendition produced & executed by yours truly <3

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the weeknd - 'gone' (rahmaan cover/redo)

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hello i was just messin around!! here's my voice again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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skyscrapers [freeverse] (prod. dre rodner)

written by rahmaan
produced by @everythingimeverywhere
mastered by rahmaan
creative direction by tori mumtaz

[Hook]
I'll find my peace in something else
Someone else
Someone else
Who knows me more than you
More than you thought you did

[Verse 1]
It's so hard to fall asleep
Knowing I'm so weak
I'm struggling to breathe
I'm struggling to -
Cuz just one look from you
Immobilizes

[Hook v2]
I'll find my growth in someone else
Something else
Something else
That knows me more than you
More than you thought you did

[Verse 2]
How did we get here?
Our certainty so unclear
Look at what we've done
We’re separate for what?
You might think that you've done it to yourself
But I've done it to me, too
Was any of this true?
Now I find comfort in the dark
Since I don't have you in my arms

[Pre-reprise]
Don’t lie, you think I held you back
Even when I had your back
You’ll never have to hold my hand again

[Reprise]
This empty space
This empty space
Enter my void
Someone, enter my -
I can't sleep it through
Oh, I can't sleep it through
Enter my void

[Hook]
I'll find my peace in something else
Someone else
Someone else
Who knows me more than you
More than you thought you did

someone else [prod. Everything, I'm Everywhere]

written by rahmaan & HENRI KAY
produced by rahmaan & HENRI KAY
mastered by rahmaan
creative direction by tori mumtaz

[Verse 1: HENRI KAY]
I follow the sound of your cries
It returns me to your pain
No chance here for us to retry
I can’t ask you for restraint
Yes, I deserve this
Leave me deserted
I can’t reverse it
It’s written in cursive

[HENRI KAY & Rahmaan]
I never meant to destroy you
I only want to enjoy –
I never meant to destroy you
I only want to enjoy you

[Verse 2: Rahmaan]
No I never thought I'd fall so low
I hope you don't forget to hear what I wrote
The fact that you and I had grown so close
Turns me away from seeking what I don't know
She said
There's nothing left, this game of chess
There's no more cards, no more decks
You threw it all away, anyway
Back when we would lay every day
When we were friends, we just met
Long Island City, with the rest
We struck a match, summer made me
Now I hate seeing you in daydreams
The pressure your name gives me
Never shows me any ease
Why did I have to rip you out?
But I asked for it, anyway
I'd run to you any day
You knew exactly what to say
You knew how to hold me through it all

long island city (ft. HENRI KAY) [prod. Rahmaan & HENRI KAY]

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