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Bladee

Gatekeeper

Release date: 28th December 2017

From Working on Dying
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About This Track

Bladee moves through 'Gatekeeper' with the fractured energy of someone caught between desire and detachment. The track opens on a posture of desperate attachment, the chorus built around a refusal of easy comfort: he won't take handouts, won't play the industry game, won't be found after eight o'clock. There's a defiant self-sufficiency threaded through it, but it sits uneasily alongside the opening admission that someone else is the only reason his heart beats at all. The verses scatter between boasts and confessions. He counts like a coder, moves like a street magician, refuses association with other rappers. But the emotional logic keeps collapsing: he doesn't like her, he loves her, they don't work together anyway. A tribute to a departed friend sits oddly next to a comparison of Drain Gang to One Direction. The song doesn't resolve these contradictions so much as let them pile up, which is precisely where its tension lives. 'Gatekeeper' works best when you stop looking for coherence and just feel the push and pull.

"Gatekeeper" is a track by Bladee, from the album Working on Dying, released 28th December 2017. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Bladee

Bladee

Lyrics

Gatekeeper

[Intro: Bladee & Thaiboy Digital]

(Night calling)

Drain my blood, man

Hospital, man

(Wake up, F1LTHY)

Whole lot of Drain shit, man

(You fuckboy)

Fuck me like you're leaving

You're the only reason my heart's beating

Heart racing uneven, pulse speeding

Your boyfriend is a lame, I could be him

Fuck me like you're leaving

Fuck me like you got no—, got no feelings

Sinking feeling, wishing I was dreaming

I'm a keychain on your hook, just reel in

[Verse 1: Bladee]

Dog daycare, D&G choker

Night-goer, I'm a kush-blower

Pop out like a gopher, move over

Count it like a coder

One, two, three, four, five, six, it's over

Ecco pull up in a Rover, I'ma show her

I've been playing with my nose, uh, now my nose hurt

I'ma hit a home run, I'm a striker

I don't like her, I hate her

I'm just playin', yeah, I love her

But it's sad 'cause we don't like each other

We don't go together

Fuck it, I don't do this

I'ma move past it

I'ma move past it, I got it

Drain Gang, I got dirty tricks, street magician

You're not on my level so we can't do competition

I miss him, yeah, R.I.P. Barron, yeah, I miss him

I know we would be getting turnt in the second

Bless him, take it all to the chin, a lesson

Drain Gang, I feel like we the new One Direction

Thaiboy, yeah, I said it twice, free Thaiboy

I don't want to be associated with you rappers

[Chorus: Bladee]

Fuck your little check, your party, take me off it

Fuck your free drinks, that shit just make me nauseous

I fucked up a few times, it just make me cautious

Fuck your little helping hand, yeah, I got this

I'ma hold this bag, you go and pay your bosses

You can't hit me after eight 'cause then I'm off it

I'ma make my way, don't have to pay no bloggers

I'ma get behind the gate, yeah, like a locksmith

[Verse 2: Bladee]

I don't know 'bout you, but me, I fiend that darkness

Sleep-sleepwalking, burn my fucking carcass

I know they hating on the low, I caught it

Hole in my head, I'm tryna find out who God is

Baby, you're a goddess, you're flawless

I'm smoking cabbage, you're smoking on that garbage

Fuck being an artist, I still will go the hardest

You a worker, I see your ass at Target

[Chorus: Bladee]

Fuck your little check, your party, take me off it

Fuck your free drinks, that shit just make me nauseous

I fucked up a few times, it just make me cautious

Fuck your little helping hand, yeah, I got this

I'ma hold this bag, you go and pay your bosses

You can't hit me after eight 'cause then I'm off it

I'ma make my way, don't have to pay no bloggers

I'ma get behind the gate, yeah, like a locksmith

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Track details

From Working on Dying

2017
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Album
Working on Dying
Working on Dying
Bladee
Release year
2017
  1. —Lordship
  2. —Redlight Moments
  3. —Gatekeeper
  4. —Knightsbridge
  5. —Cherry Bracelets
  6. —Under Your Spell
  7. —Backstr€€t Boys
  8. —Best Buy
  9. —D-925
  10. —Backstr€€t Boys
    2:24
  11. —Under Your Spell
    1:45
  12. —Best Buy
    1:56

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer
Bladee, F1LTHY, Whitearmor
Lyricist
Bladee
Producer
F1LTHY, Whitearmor
Vocals
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Additional Vocals
Thaiboy Digital
Video Director
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