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Ashnikko

Invitation

Release date: 12th October 2018

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About This Track

Ashnikko enlists Kodie Shane for a defiant statement on bodily autonomy and consent. The track builds around a simple, repeated refusal: a woman asserting that her appearance, her presence, her body are not open invitations for male attention or advances. She moves through the world in a T-shirt, on a bike, in a short skirt, and each time finds herself subject to commentary, proposition, assumption. The song does not ask for permission to exist in her own skin. The production sits somewhere between trap and pop, giving the verses room to breathe whilst the chorus hits with blunt force. Ashnikko's delivery is matter-of-fact, almost conversational in its anger, whilst Shane's verse shifts the perspective slightly, introducing his own swagger and the complications of desire without consent. What emerges is less a sermon than a conversation about the gap between wanting and taking, between interest and entitlement. The title itself becomes a weapon, repeated until it loses all ambiguity.

"Invitation" is a track by Ashnikko, from the album Unlikeable, released 12th October 2018. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 18 articles about Ashnikko.

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Lyrics

Invitation

[Intro]

Fuck you mean you need it?

[Verse 1: Ashnikko]

He says he needs it or he'll die

Touching on my inner thigh

Dirty, seedy kinda guy

His castration would be nice

And I’m just cruising on my bike

Summertime, my T-shirt tight

He say I'm the type he like

Like I'm a biscuit he could bite

[Pre-Chorus: Ashnikko]

I can’t even wear my skin

Without them asking where I've been

Without them asking for a spin

This is not an invitation

[Chorus: Ashnikko]

This is not an invitation

Fuck you mean you need it?

Fuck you mean you RSVPed?

I don't need a reason

This is not an invitation

Fuck you mean you need it?

Fuck you mean you need it?

[Verse 2: Ashnikko]

I could be lickin' on a lolly

Dolled up like a dolly

Short skirt lil' hottie

Don't you comment on my body

Put a jiggle in my titties

I could giggle like I'm silly

Call me prudish, call me bitchy

Knock you out with all that's in me

[Pre-Chorus: Ashnikko]

I can’t even wear my skin

Without them asking where I’ve been

Without them asking for a spin

This is not an invitation

[Chorus: Ashnikko]

This is not an invitation

Fuck you mean you need it?

Fuck you mean you RSVPed?

I don't need a reason

This is not an invitation

Fuck you mean you need it?

Fuck you mean you need it?

[Verse 3: Kodie Shane]

This is not an invitation

She like to talk a lot, when I pull up, can’t say shit (Yeah)

I don't want that girl because she can't be patient (Hey)

Come with me right now we about to switch locations (Shut up)

So fuck with me, you need it (Yeah)

I ain't fucking with these boys, I got my reasons (Hey)

Diamonds on me just like ice, they change the seasons (Yeah)

I think you gotta do way more if you wanna please me (Yeah)

Diamonds look like water on my girl, it look like Fiji (Hey)

Diamonds freeze me, no, for real, diamonds 3D (Hey)

She can’t see me, VVS like the TV, catch me in HD

I think you know it's no debating, you can't replace me

[Chorus: Ashnikko & Kodie Shane]

This is not an invitation

Fuck you mean you need it? (Yeah)

Fuck you mean you RSVPed?

I don't need a reason

This is not an invitation (Hey)

Fuck you mean you need it? (Shut up)

Fuck you mean you need it?

[Outro: Ashnikko & Kodie Shane]

This is not an invitation

Fuck you mean you need it? (Yeah)

Fuck you mean you RSVPed?

I don't need a reason (Yeah)

This is not an invitation

Fuck you mean you need it? (Shut up)

Fuck you mean you need it?

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2018
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