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Maya (prod. Jeremy Lim)

from Sorry Been Busy by i.c. will

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A metaphor for history of human relationship with mother earth. Inspired by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in 2010. Music by soundcloud.com/jeremylim

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I- I-I used to love her
better back when all we had was one another
She always cries… I’m sittin’ by her side
Wonderin’ if it’s too late to apologize

Verse 1:
I remember when I saw her for the first.. time
No make-up but shouldn’t seen her shine
You lived a wildlife and I was child like
And uncertain but determined to make Her… mine
Call her Maya
I was so much smaller but I hollered
Just enough food didn’t have a dollar
But Didn’t have a crib, we would hold hands and wander
But even back then I wanted to ball
You smiled like the sun, it was a honeymoon
I wrote about her in graffiti on the wall
Cause you cried tears of joy just to get us food
And I know I’m weak I was insecure
Cause I couldn’t be happy always lookin for more
more, now I wonder if it’s ruined
Shit.. I guess I’m only human

Verse 2:
Maya I started gettin’ coola
Wearin’ nicer clothes, feelin like a ruler
Started takin off to see that girl named Luna
Meanwhile forgot about how important you were
Then at a party made you introduce me to him
first time I started usin’- I just wanted to fit in
so I didn’t listen when you asked me not to do it,
lookin back I think you knew that this would only cause more distance
Forgot how natural that you used to be
Now it’s foundation, and skyscraper jewelry
I bought you implants, and I straightened your hair
showin you off so that all the other dudes would see
Then came that day, I put the needle in your vein
You smashed a plate, your body began to shake
See I forgot that you made me, started thinkin’ that I owned you
And I became obsessed with tryin’ to control you

Verse 3:
Sometimes I wonder how you loved me,
started stealin from ya, usin you for getting money
pretendin I ain’t see that blemishes, rapin and pillagin,
Just thinkin when I’m richer I will fix it
takin out your plasma I just needed a fix quick
Leavin you with nothin left at all to feed your kids with
Left their home deserted they were sent away
it hurt me too, but not bad enough to change
but you had had enough, I shoulda got the warnin
moods unstable, temper started warmin,
I came home, you were pissed you were stormin out
tormenta cryin hard from the torment
and your veins was so polluted
you sent that bitch Katrina to tell me we’re through I
hadn’t admitted how much I affected you,
Could not imagine my future not next to you
First night you were gone, I couldn’t even sleep
Whenever I’s away from you I couldn’t even breathe
With all the memories they never left my mind
Never thought I’d be the one that would be left behind
But I was so addicted, fuel was all I wanted
you came back home I was barely conscious
You were so sick, asked me for another hit-
tried to give it but I was so fucked up I missed
the needle ripped a little hole deep into your skin,
you screamed “what the frak!?” then you started bleedin quick
I tried to plug it, but didn’t how I could fix this
You were lying on the floor, suddenly it hit me
I couldn’t keep livin if I let you die
Why’d it take so long for me to recognize
Now I’m sittin’ by your side, starin’ at the sky
Cryin out.. is it too late to apologize?

credits

from Sorry Been Busy, released September 1, 2014
Written and produced by Ian Willey. Music created by Jeremy Lim with arrangements by Ian Willey and John McClure.

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