Album Cover Angel

Angel

Little Simz

8

Never cared about being immortalised

How can I stand with the opps and not with the tribe?

They sell you a dream and they want you to glorifyGot a rude awakenin′, by ignorin', I pull the signs

Why did I give you the keys to authorize shit on my behalf?

Now, I′m scarred and mortified

What did I expect from those livin' the corporate life?

Unfortunately, honesty isn't normalised

Had to get my shit together and get organised

If your hand′s in my pockets, I′m calling up all the guys

Though, I don't wanna be the reason of more divide

Guess that′s in my nature of being a water sign

I'm sorta like, nothing is making sense in my awkward mind

Give me your ears, and let me feel the night

Shooting in the dark, guess I never saw the light

Revoke access, I′m running it back, yes

Missing opportunities, I wish I was that pressed

Yeah, I say that shit with my damn chest

You need me and you feel the loss of my absence

The novelty wears off after a few years

After a few tears from challenging new fears

Learning everything I didn't on the come up

We was too busy making music ′till the sun up

Everyday through the summer

Didn't learn the business, and now I'm ducking for cover

What a fuck up

Might just leave a bad taste thinking I′m a sucker

Come up out my damn face, nigga, did I stutter?

It gon′ be a sad case if you see my brothers

I can see how an artist can get tainted, frustrated

They don't care if your mental is on the brink of something dark

As long as your cutting somebody′s payslip

And sending their kids to private school in a spaceship

Yeah, I refuse to be on a slave ship

Give me all my masters and lower your wages

Huh, what I'm bringing to the table is more

Than the feast for the belly of the beast

Didn′t know I'm dropping something heavy for the streets

Fuck the politics, I′m going Meghan on you neeks

I need the best seats in the house

When the truth unfolds, it's gonna be one hell of a scene

Harry listening from Heaven on repeat

He was backing it when nobody believed

"Play the game, play the game," is what they scream

You can play the game, I don't see the need, no

Feel so alive, I woke up and I prayed for a sign

I know, good things take time

God sent me you as an Angel

When your alone, the little thoughts that nobody knows

Hardest thing to do was stay strong

I knew I needed an Angel

My Saturn return in effect

Life doesn′t come with pre-sets

My frequency seamless

They want you give more, expect you dream less

Got me confessing all my secrets

You ain′t the only one under deep stress

Please, don't take my kindness for a weakness

Get G checked for your disrespect

Perception and observation is clinical

More headspace, I′ve been shaving off my occipital

They say, "You can hate who you don't love"

And they say, "Love is unconditional"

I ready to do the unthinkable

Fuck rules and everything that′s traditional

Giving your heart to someone

Might just, leave you in a, something something

Feel so alive, I woke up and I prayed for a sign

I know, good things take time

God sent me you as an Angel

When you're alone, the little thoughts nobody knows

Hardest thing to do was stay strong

I knew I needed an Angel, an Angel

How you go against the same system you was colonised by?

Brudda, your whole ting compromised

Having these conversations with self, and nobody else

Thinking they don′t understand my thinking when I socialise

I need an Angel with me for armour

I need accountability, partner

I know that all these blessings are karma

I need a fire lit by the seaside

Purest manuka up in my beehive

Give me a second, and let the beat ride

Is there a golden key to the sweet life?

I don't know what's gotten into me

But, at least I′m making time for self

And not others when I got free time

New woman, don′t tell me I shouldn't just because you couldn′t

They say, "Don't you give up too much of the truth to ′em"

Well, I got nine more songs in the boot for 'em

Figured this is the moment, I gotta speak now

Head high, back straight, feet down

Posture going crazy

Had to stand tall while they were trying to break me

Fuck that, you niggas didn′t make me

And, I say you will never infiltrate me

Dim my light? Are you crazy?

Yo, we two worlds apart, you know, lady, lady, lady

Flo and I coming like DeNiro with Scorsese

Stop trying to box me, and there's no way you can place me

Hit 'em with a classic then I got a little lazy

Had to get the pen when I remembered that I′m JAY-Z

Had to cut you off because I found out you are snakey

I got Angels guiding my steps, guarding my life from now until death

Perspective is everything and I wonder what they see

Hurt people, hurt people, I get it, but, don′t pay me

My Saturn return in effect

Life doesn't come with pre-sets

My frequency seamless

So, please don′t take my kindness for a weakness

Cos I got Angels