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Tunde Bakare

SHE TELLS THEM FIRST

Studied engineering and dropped out one term short; raps about the maths of getting out

style

  • uk drill
  • afroswing
  • sliding 808s
  • dark piano melody
  • male baritone
  • laconic and precise
  • sparse production
  • london cold
  • british accent
  • hard

the numbers

bpm
92
key
D# minor
energy
0.70
dance
0.78
valence
0.50
vocal at
0.0s
length
1:18
language
En

lyrics

Two years I modelled what she would say if somebody asked
A weighting in a spreadsheet on my own mother's face
And it turns out nobody ever gets the chance to ask
Because she brings it up herself, unprompted, every time

She tells them first, tells them first, she tells them first
Before the question, before the pause, before the doubt
She tells them first, tells them first, she tells them first
And I built fifteen tabs to predict a woman who was proud

Four seconds. That is what asking cost. Four seconds in June.
And she laughed at me, which is the correct response.

She tells them first, tells them first, she tells them first
Before the question, before the pause, before the doubt
She tells them first, tells them first, she tells them first
And I built fifteen tabs to predict a woman who was proud
SHE TELLS THEM FIRST — Tunde Bakare · FERAL