Fairchild

[00:09.75] Yeah
[00:11.66] She was 24
[00:12.67] Last week, told me somethin' you can't be ready for
[00:15.20] I ain't mournin' death of her innocence
[00:17.59] I ain't mournin' death of her innocence, let the Henny pour
[00:21.02] Some weeks ago, she was in a cab
[00:22.73] I felt sick to my stomach 'cause when I listen back
[00:25.39] Driver was actin' all forward, I should have drawn the line
[00:27.79] She wasn't worried about it, it happens all the time
[00:30.71] All the time, said it happens all the time
[00:33.20] A little conversation, that's just all it is
[00:36.06] Ask couple questions, then he'll call it quits
[00:38.53] He ain't even have to ask her where she lives
[00:40.66] She was headed to this venue with a couple friends
[00:42.82] And I was workin' late, said I'd collect her when the party ends
[00:45.25] She goin' to this no-phone party
[00:47.36] You know the ones where guys have their phones and all the women there don't
[00:50.19] I threw one of them last week, so I don't wanna speak
[00:53.27] And when I think about this shit, it cuts deep
[00:55.17] You see, Tamah, she like my little sis'
[00:57.57] So when I asked her to explain to me the story, she said this
[01:00.46] I caught a vibe with a guy and then from the off
[01:02.72] But somethin' was off, offer me pills and offer me shots
[01:05.51] And off of my head, couldn't even say if I was sober or off of my head
[01:08.86] I could've danced for days, wouldn't have been a surprise
[01:12.14] But let's have a good night, these times are havin' good nights when all the men start drinkin'
[01:16.18] And then they feel entitled to more than opinions
[01:18.85] You know how that goes and man come to the girls like, "Fuckin' let me get your Snap', innit
[01:23.29] Add me back, innit, fuckin' what?
[01:25.62] What you doin' after this? What you on? What's wrong?
[01:28.38] Why you movin' so stiff? Come back to the AP, what, friend, what?
[01:31.34] Don't worry 'bout her, you ain't her dad, that's long
[01:33.99] Why follow her home? Call her a cab or what
[01:36.05] I feel like I seen you before, you from Bex? You know Thames? Fuckin'
[01:39.54] Are you gettin' back to ends?"
[01:40.88] And I ain't sayin' that's weird, but it kinda is
[01:43.57] She busy throwin' up, he's tryna take her to the crib
[01:45.65] But that's the culture of the club, right? All game's fair
[01:48.56] And if she don't like it, why she there?
[01:50.27] This times, she just wanna go home
[01:53.05] She don't wanna go alone with no battery on her phone
[01:55.97] And all her friends are tryna stay
[01:57.53] 'Cah they goin' to somebody's after-party in a house that's out the way
[02:01.10] And then she blacked out
[02:03.54] She was gonna leave with them, but somethin' felt off
[02:05.95] And then she backed out
[02:08.24] When I heard about the time she tried to make it home alone
[02:10.89] She said
[02:11.83] At Archway, I got out the car
[02:14.22] It's quiet, and I'm walking up this long hill
[02:16.95] Faint sound, cold chills
[02:19.21] I swear I just heard a familiar voice
[02:21.78] Inside of the club, outside of the club
[02:24.28] Was it that first cab? I swear I know the voice
[02:26.83] Think fast, that's my only choice
[02:29.23] He's coming up, I hear him running up
[02:31.93] I ran, and I trip, I fell and I buckle
[02:34.31] My belt in a buckle, my keys in my knuckles
[02:36.80] He's grabbing my hair, I'm screaming to stop
[02:39.32] I'm hitting him hard, it's turning him on
[02:41.74] The burning is gone, my body is so cold and frozen in fear
[02:45.88] Accepting my fate, his hands on my waist
[02:48.25] I think that I threw my keys in his face
[02:50.72] I ran and he chased
[02:51.92] I stumbled on a group of three that were leaving
[02:53.78] I ran towards them, didn't notice that my feet, they were bleeding
[02:56.39] And that's when I called, praying that you'd be there recording
[02:58.81] The only person that I know who's up at three in the morning
[03:01.34] I sound mad
[03:02.46] But if you ain't a girl, I guess you don't know the feeling
[03:04.87] Of watching what you wear because you're worried 'bout making it home
[03:07.69] Walking with your phone to your ear, and you ain't on the phone
[03:10.03] Can't walk on the same side of the pavement alone
[03:12.79] Everyone's a fucking good guy and they're making it known
[03:15.19] But I'm just making it known that if you ain't a girl, I guess you don't know the feeling
[03:18.76] Of checking the child lock, or seeing the AirTag
[03:21.33] A five-minute walk home feeling like five miles
[03:23.84] Maybe if these people would police our cities way they police our bodies
[03:27.35] Then maybe, fucking hell
[03:28.58] Maybe every woman that I know wouldn't be stuck as well
[03:30.96] Danger doesn't look like no killer in a mask
[03:33.80] It looks like that flirty cab driver and guys that feel entitled 'cause you're standing in their section
[03:38.29] Short-tempered men, the ones who struggle with rejection, I knew a girl called
[03:44.54] I was in so deep, she thought violence was affection
[03:47.36] I ain't know some women wouldn't want a man's help
[03:49.60] Because so many of 'em want the same reward for their protection
[03:52.37] Danger doesn't look like no killer in a mask
[03:55.58] It looks like that kid in the group chat that jokes about-
[03:58.51] And he won't ever stop because there's no one to correct him
[04:01.28] And he might even do it 'cause the system would protect him
[04:03.71] Algorithm gonna find some people just like him
[04:06.26] They hate women too, okay, yeah, fuck it, let's connect him
[04:08.85] Homicidal femicidal shit on their suggested
[04:11.25] Somebody just asked you on a date, it was your dentist
[04:13.88] He just went upstairs and got your number from reception
[04:16.38] Used to be nice, said I remind him of his little girl
[04:18.95] Two weeks later, he wants a sexual connection
[04:21.48] Danger doesn't look like no killer in a mask
[04:24.87] Who you even talking to?
[04:26.48] Women hunted down by the people they say report it to
[04:29.04] Honestly, I wouldn't have the solitude or fortitude
[04:31.43] Try and humanise, she could be somebody's daughter, you
[04:34.18] As if that's the reason that them fellas shouldn't slaughter you
[04:36.66] God forbid that they offend the people you're belongin' to
[04:39.12] Objectify you just the way I do in every song
[04:41.68] Tamah was never wrong
[04:43.23] Can't trust guys, she never lied
[04:45.87] No menicide, it femicide
[04:48.31] The catcalls, the long stares
[04:50.88] The kind words, the lines blurred
[04:53.44] Call her out, impersonate her
[04:55.86] All know a victim, don't know a perpetrator
[04:58.47] Am I one of them? The men of the past
[05:00.82] Who catcalled or spoke in the bars?
[05:03.39] I'm complicit, no better than you
[05:05.93] I told stories of-, yeah
[05:08.33] Can't sit on the fence, that's hardly an option
[05:10.88] You either part of the solution or part of the problem
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