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Light a Fire

from Light a Fire by illmef

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C-c-c-can, match
Can, match
Can, match
I think you're gonna make me do it
Can, match
Can, match
Can, match
Can, match
Now I'm gonna light a fire

Fuck time that I wasted
Locked in a basement
Shackles of my own make
Before I started to chase it
Layers of same shit
That I was encased in
Not a soul but my own
That wasn’t racing to save me
Reflection is fading
Sinking in pavement
Holding chains and a drink
While I watched it all waving
Goodbye to the daytime
Mourn in vein for the evenings
Indulge in myself
Just fucking give me a reason
To light it

Yeah
Light
Light it up
Light
Light it up
Chick I'm bout to burn it down
Light
Light it up

Burn this motherfucker down

I duck under water
Clean up all this loose clutter
That floats around in my head
Till the weight pulls me under
Over sparing your feelings
Too busy sparring with demons
Over control of a soul
That’s barely here like he’s dreaming
Drooling and seething
Dropping hammers on demons
Waking up screaming
To sell soul for no meaning
Colder than cold
With boots stuck in the mire
Can’t move an inch this muck
So bitch I’m lighting a fire
Engulf me

Yeah
Light
Light it up
Light
Light it up
Chicka-chicka burn down
Light
Light it up
Light it up
Everybody burn down

Take heels to the flame
To get my feet once again
Nothing better than pain
To pump from heart to the brain
My stanzas blow
To machine guns from slingshots
Precision like jigsaws
But can’t cut the big knots
Over being patient
Like your sick of being patients
Seeing angels
Over you like golden gate adjacent
Fly my own volition
By my own decisions
Got no rhythm
I was driving, now I’m just driven

Yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah
Yeah
Yeah

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from Light a Fire, released January 18, 2019

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illmef Detroit, Michigan

Underground on a shoestring, illmef lays cryptic samples over primitive percussion to showcase his greatest asset, words. Inspired by acts ranging from Pink Floyd to Run the Jewels, his sound dips into electronic and hip-hop. Thumping bass contrasts his complex, hyperbolic stanzas that challenge the listener. Each re-listen reveals another piercing layer of subtext and commentary. ... more

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