Let Me Out (feat. Mavis Staples & Pusha T)

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Let Me Out (feat. Mavis Staples & Pusha T) by Gorillaz

About Let Me Out (feat. Mavis Staples & Pusha T)

“Let Me Out” is a cry of desperation in Trump’s America that plays with religious imagery as a source of perverted salvation. The song features Pusha T and gospel singer Mavis Staples. Calling from a pub, Damon Albarn explained that most of the song was written during a particularly long train ride departing from New York City. Pusha T said he was approached in spring 2016 and had no hesitation in collaborating with Gorillaz' and wrote his verses about a theoretical Trump presidency. .

Let Me Out (feat. Mavis Staples & Pusha T) Lyrics

[00:01.99] Mama Mavis, oh, Mama, they tried my patience
[00:04.63] - is gone, who is left to save us?
[00:07.63] - we mourn, I'm praying for my neighbors
[00:10.77] They say the devil's at work, and - is calling favors
[00:13.70] You say I'm dangerous, I speak for the nameless
[00:16.11] I fly with the vultures, I be with them bangers
[00:19.11] If change don't come, then the change won't come
[00:21.83] If the bands make 'em dance, then the rain gon' come (whoo!)
[00:25.42] Am I passin' into the light?
[00:28.21] (Am I looking into mercy's eyes?) Look into your eyes
[00:31.50] All the world is out of your hands
[00:33.67] (Then ascending into the dark)
[00:37.56] You got to die a little, if you wanna live (c'mon)
[00:43.54] (Change come to pass) Change come to pass
[00:47.62] You'd best be ready for it
[00:49.07] Something I've begun to fear is about to change its form
[00:54.71] Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's a shift in time
[00:57.13] But I won't get tired at all
[01:01.04] Let me out, let me out
[01:04.04] Let me out, let me out
[01:06.51] Look into my eyes, mama, tell me what you see
[01:09.56] Tell me there's a chance for me to make it off the streets
[01:12.58] Tell me that I won't die at the hands of the police
[01:15.24] Promise me I won't outlive my nephew and my niece
[01:18.27] Promise me my pastor isn't lyin' as he preach
[01:21.36] Tell me that they'll listen if it's lessons that I teach
[01:24.39] Tell me there's a heaven in the sky where there is peace
[01:27.33] But until then, I keep my piece in arm's reach
[01:30.37] Am I passin' into the light?
[01:33.17] (Am I looking into mercy's eyes?)
[01:36.46] All the world is out of your hands
[01:38.96] (Then ascending into the dark) another night
[01:42.91] You got to die a little, if you wanna live (if you wanna live, c'mon)
[01:48.88] Change coming, hey
[01:52.73] You'd best be ready for it
[01:54.00] Something I've begun to fear is about to change its form
[01:59.88] Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's a shift in times
[02:02.26] But I won't get tired at all
[02:06.12] Am I passin' into the light? (Let me out, let me out)
[02:08.51] (Am I looking into mercy's eyes?)
[02:12.16] All the world is out of your hands
[02:14.32] (Then ascending into the dark) 'nother night
[02:18.27] You got to die a little (if you wanna live) if you wanna live
[02:24.31] Change, oh, change is coming
[02:28.67] You'd best be ready
[02:33.08] Be ready, uh-huh
[02:37.79] Ready for it
[02:39.67] Be ready, be ready
[02:44.90] Ooh, ooh, ooh
[02:51.94] (Let me out)
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From the album: Humanz (Deluxe)