Stop Dying, You Were Very Expensive!

by AKWAEKE

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eszter Absolutely love everything Akwaeke does, been really looking forward to this album Favorite track: Banye.

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1.	Let It In 01:33	lyrics	buy track
let it in let it in let it in (repeat) first of all, introduction who let a god into the function 10,000 beasts off the leash 10,000 sinners when you preach bring your friends, your foes, the fire i am the dawn, the thing you desire raise your glass, the god on the land one machete, we move with the plan let it in let it in let it in (repeat) one thing more, clear the floor clear the stage, the mic, the door clear the check, we balance the score clear your babe, she wants more you can’t do anything, we getting in put some money on a god, i bet we win i feel the power on my skin, setting in i feel a demon at the door, let it in let it in let it in let it in (repeat)
2.	Summoning 101 02:41	lyrics	buy track
i want a nigga, bigger than a figure look my dark side in the eye, can you dig her i want a spirit, miss me with the gimmicks got no regrets face the facts yeah i did it i want a ghost, iced out boast haunting bitches from the bay to the coast i want a devil, bring it to the level bring it to my bed, fuck me hard like the vessel i want a beast, terror of the east menace to the world, man, terror to the peace i want a star, nigga of the hour come get this bar man i'm choking on power i'm so hungry, man it's funny cut the sky up and let it bleed on me i'm so hungry, give me something all the world and i’m still left wanting i want a god, maxed out squad hold up the heads let the humans applaud i want a monster, eat up the roster all these other niggas are just fucking imposters i want a force, fire from the source scream all night till your voice goes hoarse last of the batch, man i want the catch i’m tired of being a god with no match i'm so hungry, man it's funny cut the sky up and let it bleed on me i'm so hungry, give me something all the world and i’m still left wanting i want a sinner, demon beginner bow down your heads for the muhfucking winner i want to be seen, nothing in between how many gallons of blood will get me clean? (4x)
3.	Diabozinho 02:11	lyrics	buy track
ta matou diabozinho diabozinho e bom (repeat) vai, cut my body let me fly bloody skinnings in the sky when they see me they all cry asking why deus, can you see how far it goes you’re all wicked and it shows come inside take off your clothes no one knows ta matou diabozinho diabozinho e bom (repeat) vai, when they see me they get high bring the fire when you try we all live and then we die let them fry sim, pour the blood up to the brim all the drums sound like a dream when i walk in they all scream let them in ta matou diabozinho diabozinho e bom (repeat)
4.	The Thing You're Looking For Is Inside Me 02:41	lyrics	buy track
ihe i na-acho no n’ime m o no n’ime m o no n’ime m o ihe i na-acho no n’ime m o no n’ime m o no n’ime m o otu, abuo, ato, ano watch necks break mgbe m bata n'uzo child of the earth, walking in skin fire without, fire within ise, isii, asaa, asato try me and gaba n’ala mmuo greet my godmother, pour out the wine the terror is yours, the power is mine these words are how i choose to take you this sin is how i choose to break you there’s freedom in the blood there’s footprints in the mud walk all the way back to aba where you coming from, ebe i na-aga send your prayers up, chizara i’m the one you want, imaara ihe i na-acho no n’ime m o no n’ime m o no n’ime m o ihe i na-acho no n’ime m o no n’ime m o no n’ime m o oya come buy me a drink and then another take me home, go and show me to your mother tell her your spirit got drunk on what i’m cooking you found heaven when you weren’t even looking ano, ato, abuo, otu i’m the one church that you should go to pocket your money and keep all you're offering what i give free will ease all your suffering asato, asaa, isii, ise love nwantintin dey hold you n’ime i no send these other rappers in the least umu ntakiri no fit battle with the beast you can keep my name inside your mouth start with a whisper, end it in a shout start with a call, is that all? say it proud umuahia-born, aba-bred, and i’m loud (repeat) ihe i na-acho no n’ime m o no n’ime m o no n’ime m o nzogbu enyimba nzogbu nzogbu enyimba enyi
5.	Jean Grey 02:25	lyrics	buy track
jean grey power/ jean grey pain phoenix hour/ demon gains i keep burning/ give me rain black to black love’s all i got so far mutant staccato bars tell em where you get that scar jean grey in your heart like tar tell em when you get so numb who goes when you get to come jean grey in your skin like drums …where you get that from somehow the world is gonna go into a breakdown i know half of us won’t make to the sundown i don’t wanna see us going out, get higher, i’m wired and guns down you’re the only left within the ghost town give your fear to the silence and the cold ground let the ones left behind in the fire, desire jean grey monster / jean grey god live by dying/ i’m so flawed all i want is/ holy squad bring them back love’s all i got so far mutant staccato bars tell em where you get that scar jean grey in your heart like tar tell em when you get so numb who goes when you get to come jean grey in your skin like drums …where you get that from somehow the world is gonna go into a breakdown i know half of us won’t make to the sundown i don’t wanna see us going out, get higher, i’m wired and guns down you’re the only left within the ghost town give your fear to the silence and the cold ground let the ones left behind in the fire, desire
6.	Banye 02:24	lyrics	buy track
one banye two banye three and four white chalk in the air black blood by the door one banye two banye three and four tell your friend step back make we balance the score enter, big god fame mans get scared at the big god name walk the room yeah the big god came do you really wanna play these big god games do you really wanna face off really want the taste of blood and wine in your mouth when i take off run that line to the south with the bass off won that time it’s no doubt with the case off really wanna test, ten guns to the best ten demons in my front, ten stuns to the rest step into the hunt, ten tons to the chest ten spirits in a run, ten suns to the west now enter, big god grace you can’t run in a big god race just come have fun at a big god’s place fall in love with a big god’s face one banye two banye three and four white chalk in the air black blood by the door one banye two banye three and four tell your friend step back make we balance the score enter, demon flex mans sell his soul for these demon checks bad bitch on a roll with this demon sex do you really wanna get this demon vexed big god at the center, final contender walk into the ring, lie down and surrender run that line to the back with the bender won that time now it’s back to the sender really wanna run, ten jets to the sun ten stacks on the deck, ten bets i’m the one pull up on your neck, ten threats to your son ten marks on your spec, ten sets till you’re done enter, big god's bed mans on his knees giving big god head mans begging please for that big god spread pull the knife spill the blood keep the big god fed one banye two banye three and four white chalk in the air black blood by the door one banye two banye three and four tell your friend step back make we balance the score
7.	Light Fantastic 02:34	lyrics	buy track
the light fantastic is a prophet thing it's a forfeit win with a four feet djinn it's a two foot dick with a four feet swing and a keep your dollar fuck your dollar watch me spin the words i spit come from a half baked whim it's just half crazed skill skimmed off half raised cream i'm a half raised god kept in half saved skin on some fire fire fetch a tire half blazed scheme what if the match won't light and the blood won't flow so you get drunk, drink funk, crawl to go singing water water fetch your daughter, bawl below you're a cutter cutter in the gutter, haul me slow take my hand to go, trip the light you know it's fantastic, elastic, a lasting glow wrap the spastic in plastic, a one night show before the air stalls, night falls, blood filled low for the light fantastic is a prophet's wing clipped in four foot feathers with a four feet swing i'm a two foot child with a four feet dream like a baller baller getting taller at all seams what if the sky won't reach, what if the void won't go if i pull back, think slack, slide below like a belly belly, under ready, five foot glow from your lighter lighter pocket fire five foot flow let the prophet know, give the seer a show it's a bright thing, flight wing, lightning low i’m a sighting, a blighting, a violent ho in a skin filled air stilled gasping throe cos the light fantastic is a choking hand i’m the best damn demon in the whole damn land i’m your favorite spirit on the whole damn gram like a flesh filled sun killed master plan and the light fantastic is a prophet thing are you a godfeared sin, will you forfeit vim? will you two foot swing on a four feet grin keep your dollar fuck your dollar will you watch me win

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released March 8, 2024

Executive produced by Michaël Brun
Cover art by Paul Davey aka Mattahan
Written and performed by AKWAEKE

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AKWAEKE Brooklyn, New York

AKWAEKE is an artist based in liminal spaces. Born and raised in Nigeria, they make music from an indigenous spirit center. The premise of their debut EP Stop Dying, You Were Very Expensive! is this -- I'm here, I'm a god, now shake your ass ;)