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Why Don't You (feat. Ayy)

by Shunaji

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ABOUT THE TRACK

‘Why Don’t You’ sees Shunaji restating her commitment to knowledge and social justice, as she challenges her audience to seek the truth - be that within ourselves, through history or in current affairs.

Shunaji invites us to “Come up and see the comet”, traveling to an other-worldly reality made of opportunity, transformation and extravagance. To hesitation and diffidence Shunaji asks, “Why don’t you?”, as she reveals the power of self-determination and pride in being an outsider.

Combining hard-hitting issues with her tongue-in-cheek humour, Shunaji wraps the track in avant-garde and cosmic sounds as she uniquely delivers a witty and observant commentary on modern society. Accompanied by a 6-track baritone sax, her bars range from mainstream media-inspired satire to a more in-depth commentary on cryptocurrency and Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), with a critique of the ever-present “commodification of everything” which in many ways affects individual artists and the music industry as a whole.

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LYRICS

How would you describe a tragedy?
Nothing that's ever mattered to me
Could be defined or contained
Infinity's the game that I play
I put it on the paper
Have it serve like it's a tray
Not the entree!
Homie doesn't know, hombre no entiende
Nel mentre poi si lascia andare semidecadente
Io coi passion projects, living life like independence
Is indispensable, you know I'm not that kind of girl
"I am alien", suspended on trapeze of fear of failure
Sei seria? E a me dicevano che chi sospira spera
Ma ho solo nebbia in testa, è tardi e c'è bufera, stasera
Whatever, I'd never deny,
Red, yellow blue, it's like I'm in my prime time TV, diamonds
I can see behind them all their faces, now they hate it
Watch me rise like tidal waves I'm waving of course
Send me a lyrical curse, I'll never stutter these words, why?

Won't you come up and see the comet?
Where there's freedom, plenty of it
Here's your ticket, be atomic
And if you try you're gonna love it
So why don't you? Why don't you? Why don't you?
Why don't you? Why don't you? Why don't you?
I said you could be free like me…
So why don't you?

The madness is everywhere that I view
Change the channel to
Something that doesn't show you the news
Do what you choose
Or what black women advise you to
It's the honest truth
Shit is confusing in the simu anyhow
Only trust myself
And what be comin out my mouth
Know I can't help you
Unless I somehow help myself
So many problems on the shelf
They just wish you well
But they never help the boat sail
Hmm Wow (Wow)
High price, low funds
How's the system on my side
If it's broken?
How you ever gonna fly
If you don't run?
Is it true you won't survive
Unless you're chosen?
Let me know hun
Cus I feel like I'm going out my mind
But they say I'm fine
Don't believe the lies
You know that nothing's free in life
And living is a crime

Won't you come up and see the comet?
Where there's freedom, plenty of it
Here's your ticket, be atomic
And if you try you're gonna love it
So why don't you? Why don't you? Why don't you?
Why don't you? Why don't you? Why don't you?
I said you could be free like me…
So why don't you?

It seems like an army of angry Black women are currently taking over the planet Earth And we are very very concerned by their presence in our habitat. We suggest that our Listeners Take immediate shelter in their nearest closeby Starbucks or McDonald's fast-Food chain

We're intangible, non-fungible
Entangled in a dismantled metaphor
"It's better than it's been ever before"
But that's debatable, stuck in the metaverse
Owe to my creditors, a tokenized universe?
Their motive is dubious
I read books cause I'm curious
See the headline, I'm furious
Cash-to-pixel converse
Knowledge makes it worse, ignorance preferred
The bubble burst - and now who picks up the dirt?
And when it all falls down then who the fuck you gonna call?
Over these paywalls and paperless fables, buy into vapour
Snakes in the grass be the scrapers, pyramid layer conveyors
A URL done betrayed us, IRL we're like Avon
We buy to sell and forget, an MLM evidently
That I'm sorry to say, a greater fool and it's not me
Lego blocks couldn't top this, awaken my conscience
No conjuring half baked economic concoctions
And I know you know I know that the comet is the only option, so...

Won't you come up and see the comet?
Where there's freedom, plenty of it
Here's your ticket, be atomic
And if you try you're gonna love it
So why don't you? Why don't you? Why don't you?
Why don't you? Why don't you? Why don't you?
I said you could be free like me…
So why don't you?

See the comet with me
Let your mind set you free
Why, why, why…?
Why don't you?

credits

released April 29, 2022
Produced by Shunaji @iamshunaji⁠

Baritone sax - Joe Henwood
Drums - Tash Keary
Keys - Maria Grapsa
Raps and vocals - Shunaji

Guest rap - Ayy @ayyquierdo

Mixed by James Yarde

Mastered by Andrew 'Hippy' Baldwin at Metropolis Studios

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