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Memoirs of a Lost Nigga

from Die Wurzel by Neak

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    Celebrate the one-year anniversary of Neak’s 'Die Wurzel' album on vinyl, widely respected as one of his greatest works, by acquiring this rare piece of art. It's a raw, unhinged portrayal of American truth. At its core, the album delves into the past and present day challenges African-American’s face within the complexities of our society. This album explores black life from 1619 to the present, prompting reflection on the black American experience with compassion and sensitivity. Interwoven with the essence of gospel, soul, jazz, funk, and rap—this album offers an intellectual, witty, and soulful journey through black urban society.

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lyrics

Neak (verse 1):
Yo, days going no recollection of where’s it’s going, sun rise and sun sets my inner man not growing, tomorrow morning that sun of morning, slay me while I’m mourning for yesterday, cause I ain’t take advantage of the moment, I didn’t feel my dream, I didn’t see a thing that reminded me that I’m worthy let’s lose it on a fling of this nightlife, lot like Tyson pre the fight night, invincible until the Stevie Wonder sight prevail this what life like when you don’t see nothing you designed for, made to cruise in kingship but king you in denial for the lower-level peasantry, blind whores, wicked chains, used up, the soul is prolly good as a Matador, dead world, chose a door, plenty of em spoken for, cast pearls, never soar, dead world they see a floor, ain’t nothing here to raise em, nothing here to speak some life into em, so this life is like Callabasses with Ye’ and nem, oh my God, oh oh my God, I swear to God if you don’t save em they gone be a facade, and they’ll live a life distorted, awarded to live in Oz go figure, the memoirs of a lost nigga....

Chorus:
The Memoirs of a Lost Nigga (Repeated 4x)

Neak (verse 2):
Yo Yo, blowing money fast, yep, only growing interest for the moment, Zep, ain’t no stairway to Heaven, it’s death, you don’t know the steps, left in what you feeling, mess, see no future, like Ciara, live healthy, life as wrongdoers for self, you chose Hoover, J. Edgar, it looks like the shots from niggas when they roll, roll up, you can you lose your whole life if you don’t slow up, and you can’t change nothing bout it if you don’t own up, wanna live long or live short fresh to death, you wanna live small or shake the world, etch a sketch, pure poison if success her body that’s modelesque, the point of why you designed, her gift, like acquest, gotta feel deeper....leave her, this world, only way to treat her, have you hating darker days mental overseer, eye opens, no sight, precipice to low life, speaking of potential that don’t grow right, Jesus, break in me the feeling to aim of living prestigious without the right character to seize it, get it fast, lose it fast, pray for us, I see the bigger picture.....yo, the memoirs of a lost nigga.

Chorus:
The Memoirs of a Lost Nigga (Repeated 4x)

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from Die Wurzel, released February 27, 2023
Produced by Rashid Hadee

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If your father performed alongside Funk & Soul legends like James Brown & Sam Cooke, chances are being a product of your environment meant only one thing; following the path of musicianship set directly before him. Chicago-based Hip-Hop rapper and producer Neak draws vivid verbal portraits which find inspiration in the spirit of U.S. black culture and his own deep-seating personal experiences. ... more

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