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Keep It Inside You

by Shinchaku Saikou

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1.
Trust Issues 02:30
Keep it inside you There’s so much love in me Seems like everyone I see Could be so close to me But I take too much pride In being unapproachable Makes me almost unlovable I was thinking that I was ascetic Until I figured out that that was pathetic You know I got trust issues I ain’t never gonna be fully with you I don’t know what made me this way But all I can say None of this makes me feel like you do I was once at a party And a witch caught my fancy She took my hand and pulled me aside Then she whispered in my ear Keep it inside you You know I got trust issues I ain’t never gonna be fully with you I don’t know what made me this way But all I can say None of this makes me feel like you do Keep it inside you
2.
Imagine a world that’s made of diamonds Falling from the sky There’s nowhere to hide when the rain falls down I could tell that there’d be violence Every single day Between the heavens and the earth If I’m giving these dark diamonds up Is it enough To believe that what we’ve done is right I’m not alright No one that lives here can leave If you go outside There is no light to shine the way It really would be disgraceful If I were to flee Imagine who’d be left behind? If I’m giving these dark diamonds up Is it enough To believe that what we’ve done is right I’m not alright
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Someone tell me why it’s got to be this way Just as unsatisfying to you as to me While I’m always looking to be a force for a change How can this future get here soon enough? Making lists of all the things that I could kiss goodbye If every single one of us were to arise To the standard notion that it’s not okay To trod upon the people underneath our feet All my life I’ve wondered Who decides who’s gonna live or die here? Will we come to the conclusion that We gotta change our way of life? This type of thinking is threatening To kings and queens They value power above your blood And all of the things that they’re dreaming of Well, they don’t include you No, they don’t include you Yeah, they don’t include you No, they don’t include you Or your dreams Of being the king No, your dreams Where you’re the queen All your dreams Of kings and queens Yeah, your dreams Of kings and queens

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Greenia and Streety Murphy are Shinchaku Saikou in
KEEP IT INSIDE YOU

Several years ago I hosted an open mic in Atlanta for a long time

One of the artists that would come by was the "West End Icon" Streety Murphy, a beatmaker and songwriter that would come by and perform his original songs

A little while ago, he offered me 3 beats to play around with, resulting in this EP

Some of these songs have taken on a life of their own, while I may have started from soul/pop intentions of "Trust Issues", "Dark Diamonds" is like a goth/trap Fugazi/J Mascis, while "Kings and Queens" is along the lines of some of my more modern pop/rock stuff

Hope you enjoy this set of songs, this collaboration is just getting started

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released December 18, 2021

Beat - WEST END ICON
Perc, Bass, Guitar, Vox - Matt Greenia

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Greenia at Diamond Street Studios

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