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Tunde Bakare

Tell me straight

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

the numbers

bpm
112
key
D minor
energy
0.67
dance
0.83
valence
0.50
vocal at
4.0s
length
2:05
language
En

lyrics

Got your text on the 4 bus home

Said, “Bro, that man ain’t real”

I was stood by the off-licence, cold

Bag in my hand, tried hard to chill

You saw through me at the kebab shop door

While I lied with a grin so cheap

You said, “Don’t ask if you don’t want more”

Now that line sits heavy on me

You looked right through my chat

Didn’t dress it up for me

Hand on the table, flat

Said what I wouldn’t see

Tell me straight

Tell me straight

Tell me straight

Tell me straight

If it hurts, let it hit

If it’s real, don’t twist

Tell me straight

Tell me straight

You clocked that cash in my coat was gone

You clocked her boots by the stair

You said that smile was moving wrong

And I knew you’d been there

By the escalator, under the cold rail sign

You said, “He left you on read”

I laughed it off, said “I’m fine”

Then your silence filled my head

You looked right through my chat

Didn’t dress it up for me

Hand on the table, flat

Said what I wouldn’t see

Tell me straight

Tell me straight

Tell me straight

Tell me straight

If it hurts, let it hit

If it’s real, don’t twist

Tell me straight

Tell me straight

Now I need that truth in my face

Not some sweetened-up line

If I’m walking the wrong road, say

Don’t let me waste my time

Tell me straight

Tell me straight

Tell me straight

Tell me straight

If it hurts, let it hit

If it’s real, don’t twist

Tell me straight

Tell me straight