2nd single from Cartoons Are For Kids (release date coming soon)
if u ask me if this song is about u, i will deny it
lyrics
Hook:
Phoebe won't you tell me that you love me like you do
We could hit the carnival or chill right afterschool
I could ditch my homies. You ditch Helga we'll be cool.
I'm just shootin buckets. Shit, I might be crushin' too
Verse 1:
Phoebe Phoebe Phoebe. I'm so glad you came to see me.
I could be Egyptian King and you be Nefertiti. Sike
We too broke to go back to Africa
A Marcus Garvey reincarnate hoping that he black enough
Great great grandma might've been a queen,
But that wealth never passed over the Atlantic seas. Sike
You fuckin wit them them hoteps anyway
So come hang witcha boy and we could catch a bite any day
I would take you to Never's and I would hope that you never
Realize that I'm a scrub. Just realize my endeavors.
I reify the idea that that this don't have to be secret,
but that's the way that we'll keep it if that's what's keeping you sleeping.
if we find out
if you find out that I know
maybe we should find out
maybe i should find out
Hook
Verse 2:
Stop playing. Don't waste my time 2k17.
I seen my picture in yo locker and I know what that mean.
My heart is about as red as Stinky's shirt is green.
And my football headed friend let stomach butterflies fly in between
I'm just confused. I'm a high stakes dude with nothing to prove.
We just two kids. Lemme ask. What we got to lose?
Self-absorbed friends. Helga never ever ask about you.
and if They see us, girl, tell me what they gon do?
If they find out
if they find out how we feel, ya know
maybe they should find out
Sike, you know they'll never let us steal that show
Hook
Phoebe won't you tell me that you love me like you do
We could hit the movies or stare at stars on the roof
I could ditch my homies. You ditch Helga we'll be cool.
I'm just shootin buckets. Shit, I might be crushin' too
credits
from Cartoons Are For Kids,
track released November 15, 2017
Produced/Engineered/Mixed by Bobby Woody @ Mandark's Lab
Mastered by Austin Zaff
Piano + Rhodes - Jack Redsecker
Trumpet - Patrick Dudasik
Alto Sax - Cole Summers
Bari Sax + Flute - Alex Hamburger
Guitar - Andy Kim
Bass - Evan Lawrence
Drums - Whisper McRae
additional vox - Taylor Burgess, Brandon Vernon, Lucy Wijnands, Maggie Murphy
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