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Mermaids

from HUBRI$ by Kokayi

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Icky falls in the sea

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I plucked her right out of the ocean
Somewhere between Cahuenga and Vine
Now over drinks said he had the notion
that I was one of her very own kind
Now this improbable
given I’m a different breed
From the sun baby where my people often flow free

She said it’s cold down here in the shallows
Deeper out there by the reef
We keep the sharks at bay
With these games
But baby make sure you don’t bleed

She said she likes the way that the earth felt
Sometimes she need her feet to be wet
a lot of Shopping sprees for the finer things Yes

Yeah she always worried
She watching out for the fisherman’s net
Oh now that’s improbable
I k
I never offered you no bait
But you swam up on my anyway
So darlin baby
What you say?

She said it’s cold down here in the shallows
Deeper out there by the reef
We keep them sharks at bay
With these games
So baby make sure you don’t bleed

And when she’s trapped on land without the big blue
She might take you
So deep you almost drown
now when she swims
The stars are always in her hair
But she’ll take you so deep
That you won’t see
You’ll never come up for air

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from HUBRI$, released December 16, 2019
theeJakeViscious: bass, Mix

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Kokayi D.C.

Preeminent Improvisational vocalist. 2023 Guggenheim Fellow. Grammy nominated artist, producer, author of You Are Ketchup and other fly music tales.

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