Name: Banye
Duration: P00H02M24S
Description: banye means 'enter' in igbo, and it's the name of a hopscotch game we used to play when i was in primary school. here, it's an invitation to enter the indigenous spirit center as you listen to a contemporary deity rapping.

Banye

from Stop Dying, You Were Very Expensive! by AKWAEKE

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banye means 'enter' in igbo, and it's the name of a hopscotch game we used to play when i was in primary school. here, it's an invitation to enter the indigenous spirit center as you listen to a contemporary deity rapping.

lyrics

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

credits

from Stop Dying, You Were Very Expensive!, released March 8, 2024
Produced by Michaël Brun
Written by Akwaeke Emezi
Additional production by Chris Felix

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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 ;)