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Hate on Mute (Mind Yuh Biz)

from downCHANTS by MADlines

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In this track, MADlines describes the ups and downs of being an independent artist in the expensive Bay Area - a region made up of a mix mix of love, hate and everything in between. The track is a testament to ignoring divide and conquer tactics while soaking up what Oakland can teach an aspiring alchemist - especially if she's ready to respect the game.

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Hate on mute so I don’t even trip
It’s like I’m kin with the bass and treble
Trouble is, nxggas always in my shit
Hate on mute and I don’t read lips
Your silence is golden
You bought getting noticed
‘Gone be hot of a moment
I burn slow shit smolderin’
I stay in the Bay, got bills to pay, ills to slay
You ain’t tryna hustle? Get out of the way
‘Cause all these techies driving up the cost of living
But its still hood—might get robbed for your equipment
Move careful might get caught slippin’
There’s no mercy not even for the children
It ain’t pretty in the dubs, in the dirty thirties
Some of these baddies is workin’ girlies—all the cops is pigs
We don’t bang just banging on the system till it feels our wrath and shit
So anyway I’m an artist eating good no more starving
I beg your pardon was you speaking on a sovereign?

I stay grindin while ya’ll dilly dally
That’s why I’m potent like the kush in Northern Cali
like the kush in Northern Cali
Aye
Aye
Aye
Cuz the mind is a terrible thing to waist

Mind ya business
why don’t you mind ya business?
(hater, hater, hater, hater)
Mind ya business
why don’t you mind ya business?
(hater, hater, hater, hater)

Yous a hater

(Repeat)


Hate on mute so I don’t even trip
Try not to slip
Too far cuz we in the ER
I’m the surgical incision
You anesthesia. How you spittin?
I’m just kidding, I’m just swimming
And the sharks is in a frenzy
ya’ll woke just cuz it’s trendy
No longer enemies with the inner me
lookin like a centerpiece
legs for days, centipede
It's that balance and achieve
see a demon…
then you better bob and weave
‘cause the mind liable to put you in a choke-hold
I seen a man get shot it was in the North Pole
Seen eyes with the light, make that soul twitch
Seen eyes vacant like a motel 6
See the mind plays tricks
So mind yo damn business!

(chorus)

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from downCHANTS, released November 15, 2021
Lyrics by MADlines
Instrumental by Allie Howard

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MADlines Oakland, California

In a world of rude awakenings, MADlines' music soothes old wounds. She draws upon both her Seattle Grunge upbringing and her Jamaican ancestry to bring you her latest independent album, "downCHANTS." Inspired by Bob Marley and the Wailers' tune, "Chant Down Babylon" the project is composed of mostly short-form spells that highlight the urgency of the ensuing Climate Emergency. ... more

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