[Opening narration]
"Well I mean that there are the colors, the beauties, the designs, the beautiful way things appear.
People themselves, [some] people that I [talk of] appear fascinating, interesting, wonderful...but that's only the beginning."
When I think of all the colors
I've stowed away
What I gave to you
And you alone
Was all there was to take
When I think of all the colors
I know you hold of mine
They're old, and cracked, and dry.
When I think of all the
[Vocalizing]
And I noticed
That you smile with your teeth in your pictures now
It's the best thing I've seen in a while
I've been getting pretty used
To making plans and watching fate take 'em dancing
And you can love a man
And hate the vanish
Mmmmmmm
I think I'll give yesterday some space
When I think of all the colors
I stowed away
What I gave to you
And you alone
Was all there was to take
When I think of all the colors
I know you hold of mine
They're old, and cracked, and dry.
If you're score keeping this is chapter six
Wish I knew back in boardwalk
That the story line woulda look liked this
Wish the homies weren't so spaced out
Wish it felt like world actually gave a shit
I wish
I wish that I could write the sweetest melody to save the voice in your head
Or paint a portrait of the view through my lens
If you could see what I see in you maybe we could make our peace with the ledge
[Ending narration]
"Suddenly you notice that there aren't these separations.
That we are not on a separate island shouting across to somebody else trying to hear what they're saying and misunderstanding them.
You know. You used the word yourself: empathy.
These things underneath. We're part of a single continent.
It meets underneath the water.
And with that goes such sweet delight.
The sober certainty of waking bliss."
credits
from Mid,
released November 20, 2020
Prod. AceChristo
Mixed by Lake Stovall, AceChristo & Slake Dransky
Mastered by AceChristo & Slake Dransky
Recorded at Fibonacci Studios in Seattle, WA
Nobi & the DGTL together are like Seattle's Shaq & Kobe, or Freddy & Madlib, or Em & Dre. You name it. Very few people in the city are doing what these two are doing. You gotta tap in. Slake Dransky
Def Sound is a GOOD HUMAN!! This project will make you cry, dance, think, serve stank face. Every word drips with care and intention. I fuck with his whole squad. Slake Dransky