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Buddy

Black

Release date: 20th July 2018

From Harlan & Alondra
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About This Track

Buddy trades his customary laid-back delivery for a blistering flow on 'Black', the lead single from his debut album. The track is a study in repetition and intensity, the word itself becoming a mantra that moves between celebration of Black identity, material swagger, and a darker emotional register. His thoughts turn inward; his aesthetic turns monochromatic. The production lets him breathe room to dominate. Where much of the album finds him gliding over beats with an old-soul restraint, here he seems truly fired up, punching through verses with aggression and precision. It's one of the few moments where that restraint drops away entirely, replaced by something closer to confrontation.

"Black" is a track by Buddy, from the album Harlan & Alondra, released 20th July 2018. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Buddy

Buddy

Lyrics

Black

[Intro: Buddy]

Black

Black, black, black (Huh)

Black on black, black

Yeah, hey, okay

[Chorus: Buddy]

Black, black, black, black on black

Black, my thoughts so black

Black, black, I'm black

My skin is so black, I'm rockin' that black on black, it's black

Black rims on these black wheels, in this black whip

With this black bitch, I'm so black on black on black on black on

Black, black, black, black on black

Black, my thoughts so black

Black, black, I'm black

My skin is so black, I'm rockin' all black, everything is black

Black rims on these black wheels, in this black whip

With this black bitch, I'm so black on black on black on black on

[Verse 1: Buddy]

Ayy (Ayy), black out the coupe

Hop out the roof when I run into you

Thoughts black as the dark side of the moon

Won't be no truce, won't be no truce

At your funeral in an all-black suit

Couple white girls rocking all-black too

Million Man March in the all-black boots

Call up the troops, call up the troops

Punch you in the mouth, they'll knock out your tooth

I can tell when they not tellin' the truth

Talkin' that shit, nigga, what you gon' do?

What you gon' do? What you gon' do?

Back and I'm black and I'm actin' brand new

Niggas in the back like, "Oh, word"

Diamonds all black like fuck what you heard

Fuck what you heard, fuck what you heard

Spillin' some Hennessy Black on the curb

Just for the memory of the deceased

When I black out, I awaken the beast

What it's gon' be? What it's gon' be?

You don't wan' fuck with a nigga like me

Bet you never seen a motherfucker so black

Nigga, I'm black on black on black on black on black

[Chorus: Buddy]

Black, black, black, black on black

Black, my thoughts so black

Black, black, I'm black

My skin is so black, I'm rockin' that black on black, it's black

Black rims on these black wheels, in this black whip

With this black bitch, I'm so black on black on black on black on

Black, black, black, black on black

Black, my thoughts so black

Black, black, I'm black

My skin is so black, I'm rockin' all black, everything is black

Black rims on these black wheels, in this black whip

With this black bitch, I'm so black on black on black on black on

[Verse 2: A$AP Ferg]

This kid black, Timbs black, kill tracks like I'm six black (Black ass nigga)

Hair blacker than black, lips black, even my dick black

Grandad Irish, Trinidad, guess I am half (Black ass nigga)

I gotta go to Ancestry.com, I think I'm 'bout to black

All the police ain't about the black

He still a pig even though he black

Willie got a lynch, head in that

If you black you dead in that

Strange fruit hang from a tree

On the leaves is red and that

Do it right like a Garveyite

Africa, I'm heading back

Niggas in the street, black on black

Kill him with the heat (Bah, bah, bah, bah)

Cut off his feet (Put him in the shackles)

Mansa Musa been had the cash

Mix blacks to dilute blacks

Don't want blacks to produce blacks

Take black and they boot that

Orange is the new black

[Chorus: Buddy]

Black, black, black, black on black

Black, my thoughts so black

Black, black, I'm black

My skin is so black, I'm rockin' that black on black, it's black

Black rims on these black wheels, in this black whip

With this black bitch, I'm so black on black on black on black on

Black, black, black, black on black

Black, my thoughts so black

Black, black, I'm black

My skin is so black, I'm rockin' all black, everything is black

Black rims on these black wheels, in this black whip

With this black bitch, I'm so black on black on black on black on

[Verse 3: Buddy]

I feel like Trayvon with this black hoodie on

Huey P. Newton, Black revolution

I'm with a Nubian Queen and some illegal aliens

I got a black fist balled up and it ain't just me, it's all us

Four hundred years of oppression

I'm about to get me that black Tesla

Black skid marks on the pavement

Cops wanna see me in a black cage

Black on black on black

Master Juba with the tap dance

Gucci with the Dapper Dan

Tell 'em kiss my black ass

Ridin' on the dyno with black mags

Just another black man tryin' stay up out the casket

Yeah, black don't crack

Matter fact, where the fuck our forty acres at?

We black on black on black on black on black

[Chorus: Buddy]

Black, black, black, black on black

Black, my thoughts so black

Black, black, I'm black

My skin is so black, I'm rockin' that black on black, it's black

Black rims on these black wheels, in this black whip

With this black bitch, I'm so black on black on black on black on

Black, black, black, black on black

Black, my thoughts so black

Black, black, I'm black

My skin is so black, I'm rockin' all black, everything is black

Black rims on these black wheels, in this black whip

With this black bitch, I'm so black on black on black on black on

[Outro: Buddy]

Black

Black, black, black

Black on black, black

Yeah

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Track details

From Harlan & Alondra

2018
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Album
Harlan & Alondra
Harlan & Alondra
Buddy
Release year
2018
  1. —Find Me 2
  2. —Legend
  3. —Real Life Shit
  4. —Shine
  5. —Shameless
  6. —The Blue
  7. —Young
  8. —Black
  9. —Trouble on Central
  10. —Hey Up There
  11. —Trippin'
  12. —Trouble On Central
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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer
A$AP Ferg, Buddy, Jahaan Sweet, SiR
Producer
Jahaan Sweet
Mixing Engineer
Neal Pogue
Recording Engineer
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