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Aminé

Dakota

Release date: 28th July 2017

From Good for You
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About This Track

Aminé teams up with Charlie Wilson on 'Dakota', a soulful track that finds him reflecting on his life over a funky, jazz-inflected groove. The song pivots between vulnerability and swagger, Aminé caught between the desire to impress and the pull of genuine connection. He drinks to ease the tension, to mingle, to feel something, whilst wrestling with insecurity that sits just beneath the surface. The production leans into warmth and sophistication, giving space for both artists to breathe. Wilson's presence on the chorus lifts the track into something more expansive, his voice lending weight to the repeated refrain about wanting to make someone feel young, feel something. Aminé's verses move between specificity and introspection, touching on past relationships and present doubt with the kind of detail that makes the song feel lived-in rather than performed. It's grown and measured, a moment of pause within the album's broader arc.

"Dakota" is a track by Aminé, from the album Good for You, released 28th July 2017. Full lyrics are available below.

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Aminé

Aminé

Lyrics

Dakota

[Pre-Chorus: Aminé]

Baby girl, I've had one too many

My cup ain't full, but it's got me empty

Only drink to mingle 'cause I'm single

Waiter, can you break this 20?

I'm not about the flashiness, I'm only about you and this

Drink that's in my hand, has got this plan

And has got me wasted, got me faded

[Chorus: Aminé & Charlie Wilson]

I wanna make you feel young (Feel young)

I wanna make you feel something (Feel something)

I wanna make you feel young (Feel young)

I wanna make you feel something

You know I wanna make you feel, I wanna make you feel

I wanna make you feel, I wanna make you feel

I wanna make, I wanna make

I wanna make, I wanna make you feel

[Verse 1: Aminé]

It's funny how I always find myself in Dakota

Knocking on my conscious every morning like Jehovah

I'm afraid of heights but my feelings roller coaster

So I'ma chug, chug

I'd like to pay the tab if you let me make a statement

But then she tell me "No" the same way they did David

Cabernet for my fitness sake

My confidence a raisin but I wish it was a grape

Holes in my soul 'cause I feel like Zero

Patch me up quick with a stitch like Lilo

Red wine like my red coupe, white girls want the proof

Jay Rock to a Kate Moss, get out

Fingers on the edge of my glass, making it last

Thinking about a girl from Portland all in my past

Got groupies fanning out like Dakota

But I'd rather get shy on my sofa

[Pre-Chorus: Aminé]

Baby girl, I've had one too many

My cup ain't full, but it's got me empty

Only drink to mingle 'cause I'm single

Waiter, can you break this 20?

I'm not about the flashiness, I'm only about you and this

Drink that's in my hand, has got this plan

And has got me wasted, got me faded

[Chorus: Aminé & Charlie Wilson]

I wanna make you feel young (Feel young)

I wanna make you feel something (Feel something)

I wanna make you feel young (Feel young)

I wanna make you feel something

You know I wanna make you feel

I wanna make you feel

I wanna make you feel

I wanna make you feel

I wanna make

I wanna make

I wanna make

I wanna make you feel

[Bridge: Aminé]

Compassion ain't a man's best friend

But it's somewhere next to his pride

Illuminate the bullshit and give him some time

[Verse 2: Aminé]

Gazing at the bottom of my glass

Searching for an answer to mistakes from my past

I ain't been to Saturn and I ain't been to Mars

I haven't met Elon but I have met a star

It's hard to relish how I really feel about you

Like my niggas, my feelings is really, really out here

I cry with my hands up high

Just so I can get by when I truly feel alone

I see the fire

In your eyes I wonder if this is real or if I'm underwater

Dark nights, light hearts, cold face

It makes you want to see what we could have become

But everything's meant to be

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Track details

From Good for You

2017
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Album
Good for You
Good for You
Aminé
Release year
2017
  1. —Beach Boy
  2. —Slide
  3. —Turf
  4. —Spice Girl
  5. —Wedding Crashers
  6. —STFU
  7. —Dakota
  8. —Sundays
  9. —Veggies
  10. —Hero
  11. —Yellow
  12. —Blinds
  13. —Heebiejeebies
  14. —Money

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer
Aminé, Malay, Pasqué
Producer
Malay, Pasqué
Bass
Tony Maceli
Additional Vocals
Charlie Wilson
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Robin Florent, Scott Desmarais
Cello
David Eggar
Conductor
Chuck Palmer
Mixing Engineer
Chris Galland, Manny Marroquin
Strings Arranger
Chuck Palmer, David Eggar
Viola
Jessica Meyer
Violin
Rachel Golub
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