• Famous Bayelsan Radio Presenter cum Rapper, Otee releases a 3-track mixtape 'Rough Quarantine Recordings'.
• The musical piece which was produced by two musical producers features GrayCtee.
What did you do at the peak of the Coronavirus pandemic? Stayed with your relatives, right? Perhaps you learnt a new skill, huh? Well, if you ask Glory FM 97.1 Radio Presenter cum Rapper, Tari Otuogha better known as Otee or GrayCtee, they'll sure tell you something different.
Speaking about what inspired them to record the song, Otee stated, 'So I've been hitting hard on mental health and toxic African parenting of late and this project talks about how I found peace of mind in someone while I was battling with depression during the quarantine but it sadly turned out to be a heartbreak story. The music came in and saved the day'. The mixtape which contains three tracks [IDK, Goodbye Memories and My Life] were all sung by Otee and GrayCtee. Similarly, two producers handled the musical production aspect of it: TEEBEETZ and XKYLAAR.
On the track 'IDK'
The track 'IDK' talks about the comfort that comes from having your girl by your side. How this lines capture it vividly: 'Girl you brought the light to my nights...I don't know what I'd do without you...but I know it's wrong when you're gone...'.
On 'Goodbye Memories'
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The title is very much self-explanatory, as he reveals those moments of love he once had with his lover: 'I'm thinking about you, thinking bout me, thinking bout us...mehn I hate to say goodbye, but it's like it's over now, and all I gotta ask is why...'.
On the last track 'My Life'
In this track, the duo captures how depressed they are owing to parental pressure: 'I'm depressed and I'm sad, it's like am blind but I still see, cause my mum and dad keep on mounting all these pressures on me...I'm tired of life and I just wanna be free, so should I take my life?'.
It's time you treat yourself to a good music, as Otee and GrayCtee talks about what they experienced during the Covid-19 induced lockdown in Nigeria - and I bet TEEBEETZ and XKYLAAR made it all the more interesting owing to their stellar musical production skills. You'll do well to stream 'Rough Quarantine Recordings' here
The lyrics of 'IDK'
Girl you
Brought the light
To my nights
They were dark
You came into my life
From the start
And I swear
It felt right
Now I
Know it's wrong
Been holding on my past
For so long
So I never make it last
Before I'm gone
But you were always there all along
And I hear these whispers calling
They keep calling out your name
And I'm see all these warnings
But it could never be the same
I don't know what I'd do without you
I don't know why I wrote this song
I don't know if we're truly in love boo
But I know it's wrong when you're gone
I don't know what I'd do without you
I don't know why I wrote this song
I don't know if we're truly in love boo
But I know it's wrong when you're gone
Boy you
Got a vibe
That could light
Up a night
You came in with your spark
Then a light
And my heart set on fire
But you're
Never here
Whenever I need you
Disappear
It's like I'm in the dark
You're always scared
And I feel you don't care
But I hear these whispers calling
They keep calling out your name
And I'm see all these warnings
But it could never be the same
I don't know what I'd do without you
I don't know why I wrote this song
I don't know if we're truly in love boo
But I know it's wrong when you're gone
I don't know what I'd do without you
I don't know why I wrote this song
I don't know if we're truly in love boo
But I know it's wrong when you're gone
In love In love In love In love In love
In love In love In love In love In love
Are we In love In love In love In love
In love In love In love In love In love
In love In love In love In love In love
In love In love In love In love In love
Are we In love In love In love In love
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The 'lyrics' of 'Goodbye Memories'
I'm thinking bout you
Thinking bout me
Thinking bout us
What we could be
I'm thinking bout you
Thinking bout me
Thinking bout us
What we could be
Goodbye memories
Goodbye memories
Goodbye memories
Goodbye memories
Goodbye memories
Goodbye memories
Goodbye memories
Goodbye memories
Mehn I hate to say goodbye
But it's like it's over now
And all I gotta ask is why
All our walls came crumbling down
And all the bridges that we built
That we thought would last forever
Through the rain and through the filth
But not forever don been over ayy
Used to be just you and me
Strolling down the bay
And then the shores be washing off our feet
Funny how the time could change the cool
And turn it into heat
Now we burning in hell and hopeless
Mehn it's kind of sad to see
This ain't no epiphany
The severed ties could be the worse
And misplaced priorities
Yeah could really hurt
When you lose the one you love
And you saw it all the way
When it all began to happen and there's nothing you could say
Well now it's over now
Now it's over now
The memories relive
But you still ain't come around
And it's my fault
But it's yours too
Cause it's our fault
I didn't trust you
Is it real though
I don't know boo
But I know that
I still love you
Goodbye memories
Goodbye memories
Goodbye memories
The lyrics of 'My Life'
I'm depressed and I'm sad
It's like I'm blind but I still see
Cause my Mum & my Dad
Keep on mounting all these pressures on me
But I'm tired of life and I just wanna be free
I'm tired of life and all it's asking of me
I mean couldn't it be right that I don't get a degree?
I'm tired of life and I just wanna be free
So should I take my life
Ayy
My life
Ayy
My life
Ayy
My life
So should I take my life
Ayy
My life
Ayy
My life
Should I take my life?
That's something I keep asking myself every night
Cause I look into the mirror
And I see me alright
But what keeps staring back at me
Is something that I don't like
Something people shaped me to be
Someone I can't recognize
I can't tell who I really am
Cause I don't like what I do
I know every young kid
Must have had this thought a time or two
Cause parents always feel they know you
Better than you know you
Tryna force you to do something that you ain't cut out to do
But it ain't that right
Cause it ain't their life
It's time to face the truth
That nobody can fake their fight
The fight that goes on in your head
When you try to sleep at night
The fight that always makes you mad
Even when you feel Alright
You face your demons alone
And you're left to go through the pain
Sometimes you don't know what it is
These things you just can't explain
You're just inside of this mood
Like you're numb to everything
But you've bottled it up way too long
And now it's cocked to the brim
And your mind is like ice
So it just can't suffice
And your head is blocked out
So you can't listen to advice
And you're feeling despise
Just as sharp as a knife
Then that thought pops in your head like
Should I take my life
I'm depressed and I'm sad
It's like I'm blind but I still see
Cause my Mum & my Dad
Keep on mounting all these pressures on me
But I'm tired of life and I just wanna be free
I'm tired of life and all it's asking of me
I mean couldn't it be right that I don't get a degree?
I'm tired of life and I just wanna be free
So should I take my life
Ayy
My life
Ayy
My life
Ayy
My life
So should I take my life
Ayy
My life
Ayy
My life
Mehn depression is real
Mental health is a deal
People dying everyday
But they pay no mind to it still
And how do we fight the pain?
Young people turn to a pill
In fact they turn to a bottle that's now snipping for the kill
It's so toxic how we living
Cause they tag us as children
And so we shouldn't have no problems
Or be faced with conditions
The world keep throwing all loads of crap
At a single individual
Then the strongest of us gets to the point where we break like a sigil
They force it in our religion
And then call it tradition
As if it were normal
Waking up with that kind of feeling
And you can't talk about it
You'll be over exaggerating
But we are who we are
So we spit it in the bars
And send our pains to the stars
I'm depressed and I'm sad
It's like I'm blind but I still see
Cause my Mum & my Dad
Keep on mounting all these pressures on me
But I'm tired of life and I just wanna be free
I'm tired of life and all it's asking of me
I mean couldn't it be right that I don't get a degree?
I'm tired of life and I just wanna be free
So should I take my life
Ayy
My life
Ayy
My life
Ayy
My life
So should I take my life
Ayy
My life
Ayy
My life
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