
Dark Waata
darkprincess· 2:50 · 46 plays · v3-preview
- trap soul
- jamaican patois
- female vocalist
- mysterious
- tape loops
- plunderphonics
- sound collage
- sampling
Lyrics
Intro
Mi hear di waata whisper, but mi nah go look
Some tings betta left down deep, inna di dark
Verse 1
Di riva run quiet but mi know weh it hide
Every stone down deh got a story inside
Mi walk pon di surface like mi nah feel di pull
But di deep waata callin', and mi mind never full
Mi see mi own face but it look someting strange
Like a version of mi weh mi never arrange
Every ripple carry weh mi tryin' fi forget
But dark waata patient, it nuh done wid mi yet
Pre-Chorus
Mi stand pon di edge, mi nah step in yet
But di waata already know weh mi regret
Chorus
Dark waata, dark waata, run so deep and slow
Everyting mi hide from, dark waata know
Mi can walk away but mi can't escape di tide
Dark waata livin' inna di corners of mi mind
Dark waata, dark waata, patient like di grave
Every ting mi bury, di deep waata save
Mi can close mi eye but mi still hear it call
Dark waata deeper than mi ever knew at all
Verse 2
Mi grandmother tell mi 'bout di riva when mi young
Seh some water carry weight from where it come
Mi never understand till mi start fi grow
Now mi see mi own reflection movin' slow
Every ting mi swallow, every ting mi don't say
Sink down to di bottom and it stay dere, it stay
Mi try fi swim pon top but di current pull mi down
Dark waata got no mercy, dark waata got no sound
Pre-Chorus
Mi stand pon di edge, mi nah step in yet
But di waata already know weh mi regret
Chorus
Dark waata, dark waata, run so deep and slow
Everyting mi hide from, dark waata know
Mi can walk away but mi can't escape di tide
Dark waata livin' inna di corners of mi mind
Dark waata, dark waata, patient like di grave
Every ting mi bury, di deep waata save
Mi can close mi eye but mi still hear it call
Dark waata deeper than mi ever knew at all
Break
Mi nah 'fraid a di waata, mi 'fraid a weh it hold
Every truth mi never tell, every ting left untold
(left untold)
One day mi haffi dive, one day mi haffi see
Weh really down deh waitin', weh really down deh, inna me
Build
Final Chorus
Dark waata, dark waata, run so deep and slow
Everyting mi hide from, dark waata know
Mi can walk away but mi can't escape di tide
Dark waata livin' inna di corners of mi mind
Dark waata, dark waata, patient like di grave
Every ting mi bury, di deep waata save
Mi can close mi eye but mi still hear it call
Dark waata deeper than mi ever knew at all
Outro
Mi hear di waata whisper, but mi nah go look
Some tings betta left down deep, inna di dark
[Spoken] "Created by DarkPrincess -- Royalty of the night"
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