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SÓLA JUNE

Peckham Sun

Mother stayed in Lagos

style

  • amapiano
  • alt-R&B
  • laid-back swing
  • log drum bass
  • airy Rhodes
  • shaker groove
  • female alto
  • breathy conversational
  • Yoruba ad-libs
  • sun-warmed

the numbers

bpm
112
key
D# minor
energy
0.74
dance
0.91
valence
0.50
vocal at
4.0s
length
3:00
language
En

lyrics

(mmm-mm, ah-ah-ah)
(soft Rhodes, shaker only)

Mama on the landline, two hours behind
Says the rain came early, says the market is dry
I tell her sun is out here - she laughs, says "which sun?"
(which sun, which sun)
The one that don't reach the ground floor, the one that's never done

And I could book a flight (I could)
I could pack it light (I could)
But the girl who'd land there, she don't live here anymore

Peckham sun on Lagos blood
(ah-ah, ah-ah)
Half of me is still in the mud
(still in the mud)
Se o gbo mi? Can you hear me love?
Peckham sun on Lagos blood

Auntie sends a voice note, three minutes long
Half of it is scolding, half of it's a song
I play it on the bus route, forty-three to home
(to home, to home)
Two accents in one mouth and neither one's my own

If I stayed, would I still be soft?
(would I, would I)
If I stayed, would I know the cost?

Peckham sun on Lagos blood
(ah-ah, ah-ah)
Half of me is still in the mud
(still in the mud)
Se o gbo mi? Can you hear me love?
Peckham sun on Lagos blood

(ad-libs, fading)
Two hours behind, two hours behind
(mmm-mm, ah-ah-ah)