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“Eucalyptus” by Natty Wylah and produced by Jkarri, is the eleventh single from The Silhouettes Project. The chorus was written through the golden setting-sun on the overground to Root 73 studio. For the project different artists were paired with producers that had never previously worked together - Jkarri and Natty clicked instantly on a left-leaning, experimental approach to writing. Reflections of seemingly insignificant details and some deeper dreamscapes. Bossa nova licks, broken but minimal drums keep it rolling through melancholy but joyous colours.
The Silhouettes Project is a new platform for up and coming Hip-Hop, Soul and Jazz artists from the UK. It is not a record label or management team, it is a community project. The Silhouettes Project provides an open space - a recording studio and live venue located within the Total Refreshment Centre in Hackney, London - where MCs, singers, musicians and producers can connect and create.
lyrics
Lyrics:
running head first down the tracks
jogging on the tabloids headlines
while a woman tries to hold her sneezes back
and not an eyelid bats
bless you anyway and bless new life
mother entering the carriage push pram
her baby beautiful my vision gold sequins
can't ignore that mother earth shortened lifespan
losing toucans, flick a page it's yutes with shooters
nowadays news is madness its fat cunts squabbling
its blunt tools in the tory cabinets they're useless
but who am I? unless im truly out to do shit
it's who streets? our streets but living in computers
like 1, 0's - 0's, 1 is this our evolution?
like hold on, suppose so, so guess we gotta move with
these 0's and 1's from days smoking O's in one.
whitey then throwing up gunk - now my donny tryna raise his son
and raise them funds cash in hand that's just a rule of thumb
spend half, save half that's on my great-grand mum
if you smile then the world will smile back to you son
that's on my pops, gone and you ain't knowing what you got
I'll never stop though, can put that on my mums. yeah.
running head first down the tracks
jogging on the tabloids headlines
while a woman tries to hold her sneezes back
and not an eyelid bats
bless you anyway and bless new life
mother entering the carriage push pram
her baby beautiful my vision gold sequins
can't ignore that mother earth shortened lifespan
drifting while the world burns you can fall asleep
driving through these smoke clouds you can fall asleep
drifting while the world burns you can fall
driving through these smoke clouds you can fall asleep
drifting while the world burns you can fall
had another dream where it seemed so (she)
when i woke up yeah i wish i wasn't where i (was)
it's been 10 years since i felt her (here)
close under my nose well she was there like (and)
and what I'd give to have a minute with her (she)
waking up in this realm was unfair (still)
still c'est la vie the new moon glows (lives)
and when I'm closing my eyes she's still there (on)
running head first down the tracks
jogging on the tabloids headlines
while a woman tries to hold her sneezes back
and not an eyelid bats
bless you anyway and bless new life
mother entering the carriage push pram
her baby beautiful my vision gold sequins
can't ignore that mother earth shortened lifespan
credits
released November 12, 2020
Produced by JKarri & Natty Wylah
written by Nathan Graham (Sentric Music) / Joshua Gaskin-Brown (Copyright Control)
Just a beautiful jazzy rap album with buttery smooth flows versed with huge talent. It's not only lovely to the ears, but the lyrics are profound and empowering about the struggles that she faces. zhangtastic
