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Abuse

by Wallah Umoja

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[Abuse - Liner Notes #PINKNBLUE]


How do I put this, seeing casual drug use triggers me? Last year in December, I had two of my former best friends die due to an overdose on two separate substances. What made these my old best friends in the first place wasn't their death; it was me falling out of a lifestyle that could of very well had me in a grave right next to them. As I'm not a saint myself, I tried most of their vices at least once in my lifetime, but my grievances on how my homies got when they were off the shits fell on deaf ears. My motto is everything in moderation, even moderation. I believe we all have addictions that form from an early age, but what we fail to notice is how our childhood traumas birth our vices. As there are countless examples of how drug habits form during the average American lifecycle, the statistics surrounding drug abuse in predominantly black and brown communities show this crisis is no simple matter. Without one global solution for alcoholism, opioid addiction, or the longstanding crack epidemic, all I can hope for is a real push towards user and victim rehabilitation. Rest well to my loved ones gone too soon. -W.U

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[Abuse - Lyric Sheet #PINKNBLUE]

had to look you have the look
adding up then grab your stuff
if we see 12 yell we out  
start a riot bail me out
weakness for the thick & woke
tattoos always stick & poke
late night for the lick and lurk
vegan get my chicken jerked

4 doe rented 

Boho empress 

photogenic 

Coco-scented
 
coke addiction 

broke a fiction

do know better, 

know no different

no position to judge 

ya face down kissing the rug

I feel like a fish in a flood

dead like a dick in the mud

up north picking the bud

tea house, honeycomb bee house

more like a tree house, mixed with a pub

condom wastin, 
abomination

black resilience, blond impatience

wax Brazilian, contemplating 

daddy issues
, mom’s replacement 
zombin pacing,

stock growth, pot growth

kissing you taste like pot smoke, pot roast

turning heads, burning red, got close

earning cred, burning bread, got toast

calling quick gotta call it quits

smallest kiss made my blood - rush 
fork in you then you call a lyft

heard a knock a lotta drugs - flushed

spitball to a wall a bricks
, so after you get buzzed - cut 
familiar with what you call a risk
- said it was love but it was - luck,



laugh-crash-couch-surf, won’t age well
smash-gas-out-skirt, road rage spell

ass-last-mouth-first, so grade 12 
grow-trim-go-swim, load grey scales

molly passed, as we lollygag
only sober lad on this trolly cab
if you ask, no I didn’t have a jolly past
was the dalai lama path or a body bag
fucked, fed, enlightened, entertained

tucked fled, to heighten the inner flame
a month away you couldn't put your lunch away
nuff said snow white in the winter games
last few - deals

past due - bills

streets be - talking

ask you - still

creeps be - stalking

path you - fill

secrets - safe

vacuum - sealed



calling quick gotta call it quits

smallest kiss made my blood - rush 
fork in you then you call a lyft

heard a knock a lotta drugs - flushed

spitball to a wall a bricks
, so after you get buzzed - cut 
familiar with what you call a risk
- said it was love but it was - luck,



had to look you have the look
adding up then grab your stuff
if we see 12 yell we out  
start a riot bail me out
weakness for the thick & woke
tattoos always stick & poke
late night for the lick and lurk
vegan get my chicken jerked

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released December 18, 2019
Official audio for Wallah Umoja - Abuse
Recorded & Produced by @wallahumoja
Mixed by @diondecibels
Release Date: 12/18/19
Track 11 of 12 #PINKNBLUE
Left-N-Right Records 2019

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Wallah Umoja Richmond, California

Wallah Umoja is a producer, performer, writer, and the co-founder of LEFT-N-RIGHT Records.

Raised in Richmond, California, Wallah was born into a family that prided itself on bringing a communal dynamic to the field of radio broadcasting. With his grandmother, his aunt, and his mother all working at the Bay Area's quiet storm R&B staple KBLX, Wallah became immersed in music at an early age.
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