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tantil before i breathe

by Speech Debelle

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1.
And it starts to fill you up come on. Sometimes your broken, so the light can get in, so the light can get in. And the light it fills you up, come home.
2.
Running 04:45
So calm, if this weather persists, I’ll adjust my thrifts; need a new wardrobe. Yo! My style Isis, my muse, my change views are through you. Your eyes smile, windows to your upper room, Third eye flutters whenever we share cues. What? That’s how you feel too. This is mental and we are meant to. I seem to have a thing for you, Purposeful in your plans I’m inspired by you. Without having a clue, you inspire the youths And I can see a future in you ‘cause you nourish you roots. I can see your lineage has put the power in you, Mental physical, spiritual too, I can’t seem to find the space to get the message to you But if it was reciprocated then I wouldn’t have to run to you. Chorus ‘cause I’m running, I keep running I keep running, running, oh, running to your heart I know I can’t keep running to your heart I know I can’t keep running to your heart I know I can’t keep running to your heart I know I can’t keep running to your heart Verse two I’m just giving you the facts, every whastapp I get a heart attack I overreact, your words are vague, Your intent is straight; I’ve created a maze I over analyse when I’m relaying the play and you centre stage, The curtains drop and I stand there with nothing to say. The crowd looks in wait uncomfortable in their gaze, Unrequited love is shame. Pages turn, chapter’s change, what are these dreams I paint, The want and the need, battle for the space, That’ll make the love bring the pain. I guess the ego comes alive when the fears are never tamed, I’ve fallen for you it won’t magically go away. The beauties when the beast gets some recognition, gotta stop running to you, running to a vision. Bridge If I’m running to you what do I loose I need this space for love to come through It’s better for me to get over this need, I’m running from you and running from me I can’t be happy with a piece, the little that I get back. Your smile as you turn to me but it never really meant that, ‘Cause your heart don’t yearn for me, Your body don’t burn for me, This lust doesn’t work for me, It’s taking a toll on me. I can’t be happy with a piece, the little that I get back. Your smile as you turn to me but it never really meant that, ‘Cause your heart don’t yearn for me, Your body don’t burn for me, This lust doesn’t work for me, It’s taking a toll on me.
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Strange Ways 04:41
Chorus Sometimes, feels like, I don’t know which way to go I do feel lost days, up some days, down some days, it moves in strange ways Verse one Low cuts and chinos Early hour burrito Beers and pear cider What's app or viber Cut downs and cravings Laughing at saving Birthdays and new borns Good wine and house warnings Roll ups and Green tea No wheat no dairy New friends on drunk nights, Deep talks coke highs Have babies buy flat Go gym or eat that Downloads or upgrades New job house raves Late night phone calls First dates mumbles Last trains and car fuel High heels stumbles Burials and funerals Fights over pool rules Friendships and secrets Confidence and complexes High grade and rizlas Selfies and pictures Nine nights and dark rums Cancer research runs Break ups and and harsh texts Date night make up sex Pay rises low pay Sun rise on new days
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Level 03:24
Verse one If there were nations on earth that built pyramids And we can send rocket ships to where Ceres is If we can dig through the crust at the bottom of the sea Anything is possible in what I can give Some my question the fact but they do that Take one step forward and two back Cause we don’t want to get caught slipping and say the wring thing Wake up to a twitter hashtag attack But everything in moderation there’s bad without the good Recognise the blessings when I’m doing what I should You attract what you are my elders told me We here, we’re cooking, we got the recipe Chorus What I get back, from the fails and the lessons and the set backs I believe that, is preparation for the comeback Verse two Generation running in and out the kitchen Auntie calling all trying to get them all to listen Telling stories putting herbs up in our system Telling stories but our uncle ‘cause we miss him We know they wanna hide the history so we don’t understand the magic A lot has been done we trying to heal the damage Certain people scared, frightened they get panic Cause we shine so bright that they cannot handle it So stories our being told, with a hashtag and tweet from the phone You attract what you are, my elders told me We here we’re cooking we got the recipe.
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Fish Tea 04:04
Verse one Big fish, big fried snapper This aint just bars, this aint just a beach This is how we harvest; this is how we eat The race aint for the swift, but those who can endure And generally speaking, the powers in the poor From pineal to the floor, the blossom to the soil The earth to the oil no wonder they call us crude so, Let the spring showers wash away your doubts We are made for the earth like words are made for the mouth Like keys are made for the house, like keys made from the ounce Like keys making the sound, we kiki then we bounce We easy with it, all the gold we’re gonna leave with it Let them easy with it, only the real illuminate So let the lunar moon in June fully illuminate the place Not even a reason to question what we’re serving on the plate Chorus Big fish, wow wow wo We are big fish, yea yea yea We are big fish, oh no We won’t fit inside your cage Verse two Ring alarm, I think I got a plan I got some roast pork spun in the back of the bully van Ting a ling a ling, school bell a ring Come use your knife and fork and fight for this ting I got a call from the spirits homie I hear the greatest love ain’t crack Whitney Loving yourself is the one true act homie I said God damn, I better get the app homie But it come in like the devil love my back homie They said that’s menalin, you got a lot of black homie Let it tweak through the spinal tap in your back homie I said who is this, they said this is Tupac homie, you hear me To who much is given much is tested, I had sacrifice my lack of pride and broken spirit Take back my power from the parasites and pillages Go where the people is and let us feast amongst the fish with all the villagers, big fish
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Verse one Make ups to break ups to cussing to fucking, wake ups, to wondering what happened in the morning. Breakfast is quite concentrating on the eating, giving us reason not to question what we're doing. We deserve Oscars for our brilliant pretending, That we are not making the same mistakes again. We've been here before; this is a regression. We are not progressing, but very much enjoying. I guess life is made for living not existing. and we are drawn to the things that bring us inspiration. You become the reason I am tossing and turning, growing and learning, what I am partial too. Addressing my own passions and actions and straight physical attraction, this what makes us human. Chorus I am no longer guessing; I am more than sure. If life has taught me any kinda lesson before. It's that when I want to, I really really want to I know that I want you and I know want to. So what you think maybe us two, up until two, maybe even three, well see Verse two We go back and forth, back and forth like tennis and each time we give a less than the beginning. I guess what keeps us coming back is coming That's not joking, that some real analysing. You'd be surprised by the truths that are hidden. ‘cause it comes to light when you start digging. Pun intended, whoever invented you are my nemesis, ‘cause I am powerless. That blatant obvious, like have no common sense. Like I can't see what's going on or haven't got the foggiest, idea, my dear, why I am still here, it's three in the morning and we're calling, each other’s name, like we never knew it. We said we wouldn't go back I guess we blew it, animalistic acting, this is what makes us human. Are we willing, to accept the terms and conditions, of our arrangement and pretend it is painless. Are we willing to give more than we are giving and see what we are missing, if we could only listen?
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The Knowing 03:23
Verse one Since I left home, I’ve been thinking about my mum I get worried that she’s lonely, I need to make more visits My gran calls my phone and leaves me messages, saying she hasn’t long, I know that she is scared When it comes that time we regret what we don’t do I might not have time but I can make time if I want to If I can be on twitter than I can be with her It’s a simple as that, no ignoring that fact But it’s easy to forget, I’m an artist of dismissing I’ll do it next week, yea I’ll do next week Its sustained with a systematic selfish belief, that I am of greater importance, in my own created world I’m still a little girl, I need to have children for this displaced attention, keep evolving as a woman I twist and turn with a desire to create But while I’m looking in, who am I ignoring Verse two Lessons in my life, required that I change gear Questioning is right, it sits high upon my life tier I might not get it right, sometimes angle for the high chair But it creates restrictions to act, immature Most of the time we don’t show appreciation To those that stick around, that must be so frustrating Can’t turn back time, my mistakes lay dormant In the back of my mind, trying to find some importance While we try to forget, that’s the battle of the conscience No conscience is clear if we are really living Life is for living, not just existing Maybe my excuse for not listening Or being there, although I really care I’m trying to make this money, an excuse to be selfish The real wealth is the standard of my happiness, and the people around mines happiness I’m glad we had this conversation I’ve been meaning to have this conversation
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i heard Pac 05:32
Verse one Writing over instrumentals Leaning on the kitchen counter this is all my stage I been badding up the latest rental Going 30 over humps, corners spilling out my change I heard life is but a dream Well all my past live come with down thing to say I was napping in the comfort My goodness I message, like Mandy gets in your frame I got cocoa butter dreams, over dark rum thoughts, I'm pulling at the seams at this seamless course Non concentrate it’s nature we got the sauce My mind on Sirius, I simmer with similar sorts All likes and similes just give me rhythm when I walk Spark pineal atoms spins when I talk My poetry is deep I never fail, My poetry is deep. But still I'm trying to get my mind if my ex, addiction kills And Instagram is fucking with my will My anxiety and unpaid bills give me the chills but the love I have around me gives me will The sincerity I give to you will make you keep it real Then you keep it real with me and we can build The sincerity I give to you will make you keep it real You keep it real with me and we can heal Many years I spent not loving myself I was afraid of what I feel I didn't mean to seem aloof when we were earlier introduced I guess I got use to holding out for something real Chorus Everything has a reason Aint no mistakes on us Never cautious living You always get your spot blown up I aint got the answers man, I’m just trying to fill my cup Never cautious living We just singing in the wind with what we got Verse two Went back to the one I'm dating, afternoon Doubled up my knowledge so I need half the moves Issues no longer my voodoo won't give to you Except maybe the chronic wounds they stay with you Thinking, let's immigrate to somewhere affordable Where the crashing of the waves are clearly audible Cause we deserve it we are magic every molecule Like the honourable Angelou said we're phenomenal Lets engage all our chakras, kundalini Drink some ayahuasca bring the DMT Travel in our sleep across the solar system Or just cook a lovely meal for no apparent reason Cause I know kings sleeping in coaches cause they're priced out of a home I know queens who could build nations but they battle with their combs She’s told she's not enough and her beauties measure in stones But if she's too much to raise up then it could be your back bone I know kings dedicated to their youths The failings of their fathers have given them all the proof Of they’re not around who will water the roots And without a commander and chief who will their children salute I know queens building nations like troops Telling us that we matter like any loving mother would do I'm just perusing and musing upon my troops I'm not a thug but how Tupac you got in you
9.
The Work 04:09
Verse one I wanna be afraid I wanna be offended I wanna face my fears when they're presented I wanna be fully present when I'm attending I wanna make choices not just reacting Cause acting out has become quite tiring These emotions I keep hiring and firing My family must be tired of this little violin I violated my fair share of sin I sold some shaman Broke bread with bad men With strange codes of honour But we make choices from what's upon us There's some balance that I'm searching for And I found it in my consciousness when I was trying to build my core My spirit will run away If I don't cease the day I can feel it pushing me pushing me I have to go for a walk literally Feel the breeze have a talk and listen to me Chorus I bet you when I come through And see the sun that I'm greeted too It's a reminder that I'm not through And I have still got work to do Verse two Often my mood sways From full to dismayed I surf a small wave To ride at its crest Feels like a small space So I disengage I need to grow get some weight of this chest Bucket to bouquet Welcome a new day Write on an eclipse Let it enter through my right hip Spirit does a back flip Reason and wrap spliffs We rap ad libs I can hear your vision yo But we ain't asking permission We run up in the kitchen With a bag of road man And we want the belly I asked the universe and it told me clear Warrior spirit it got us Fear and love can't coexist so remember this In the face of opposition And remember they listening but some will understand Their antenna feels it Etcha sketch my future before they clear it.
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Verse one You can't hide for the beast My people get off of your knees They'll shoot you down in these street Now you're a hashtag and retweet They have once declared war Wanna know what they're fighting for After your mind and it must be your soul After your muscle it must be your and bones, They want your mind altered, controlled Cause they won't leave us alone They say it's cause if your clothes But more like your skin tone, yo We tired of being brutalised It's a war that's coming from all sides We been planning the coup all night Talking to spirits from past from all tribes We got the words pineal is on peak Back straight got the fire when we speak They run we see us in these streets They catch a fright when they see us in these streets, yo We water the roots, we bore fruit We been knowing the truth since we were youts It ain't change the games still the same They still want us in chains We blaze up a fir pon dem Chorus No War No Peace x 8 Verse two They will shoot you down like mark Duggan And swear blind that you had it and you were packing Within a second, your body is getting wetted And your mother is crying over your coffin Spraying the sky has got us all coughing You can say I breathe but they won't stop it It's hard to be heard with weak pockets We built nations and they got the profit But if you the big tree, we are the small axe Coming to cut you down, down The structures are weak, we see the cracks It's gonna all come down, down

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released March 17, 2017

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Speech Debelle London, UK

Corynne Elliot, AKA Speech Debelle, kicked in the music industry’s backdoor in 2009, waving her sensitive, introspective Mercury Prize ‘British Album of the Year’ and debut album ‘Speech Therapy’, beating the likes of Florence and the Machine, Kasabian and La Roux. Her 2012 Kwes-produced sophomore album ‘Freedom Of Speech’ and her 3rd album in 2017 "Tantil Before I Breathe" ... more

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