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Damso

NMI

Release date: 15th June 2018

From Lithopédion
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About This Track

'NMI' reads as "ennemis" (enemies), a homophone that shapes the track's preoccupation with antagonism and isolation. Damso moves between confession and provocation, his voice cutting through production that sits somewhere between trap and something harder to pin down. The song pivots on a simple claim: he writes only what he lives, a posture that admits to moral compromise while refusing apology. Speaking is thinking aloud; thinking is speaking silently. The distinction collapses under the weight of what he has to say. The second verse deepens this. He is a criminal because he speaks the unspeakable, caught between a hatred of both death and life, caught between truth and the lies he tells too often. There is a blackness to his heart, he suggests, and it is running out of time. Around him, enemies multiply. Cannabis blurs into abundance; abundance into numbness. The track does not resolve these tensions so much as let them sit, unreconciled, until the outro arrives with a shrug.

"NMI" is a track by Damso, from the album Lithopédion, released 15th June 2018. Full lyrics are available below.

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Damso

Damso

Lyrics

NMI

[Paroles de "NMI"]

[Intro]

Ouais

[Couplet 1]

Parler, c’est penser tout bas (oui)

Penser, c’est parler tout haut (oui)

Sans être entendu, prends mon dû par le rendu

Touchera sur ce que j’ai vendu

Dans le bendo, bédo fume sous les pleurs de la sono

Récitant des gros mots, nique sa mère et c’qui s’en suit

Aux radios, jamais je ne mendie (non)

Comme avec policiers dans combi (bah ouais)

J’parle et je crache ma haine (bang)

J’parle et je crache ma haine (saal)

Mieux vaut pas que j’décrive mon mollard (oui)

Au daron, je n’ai pas fait honneur (non)

Mes valeurs dans un coma (bang)

S’réveiller que sur la scène (saal)

Plus de souffle de vie

J’pense que j’n’aurai plus jamais de condition humaine (raah)

Album : leaké, peu d’sons clipés, des bagatelles (bah ouais)

Des mères niquées, platine : triplé

Ainsi soient-elles (bah ouais)

[Refrain 1]

Tellement d’ennemis, tellement d’ennemis (saal)

N’écoute pas c’qu’ils t’ont dit, j’n’écris que ce que je vis

Tellement d’ennemis, tellement d’ennemis (saal)

Ouais

J’n’écris que ce que je vis

Ouais

[Couplet 2]

J’suis un bandit car le non-dit, je dis

J’suis un bandit car je mendie le crime

J'ai une haine de peine de mort et de vie

J’meurs d’envie d’avoir besoin de rien

Plus d’hier aujourd’hui, surtout demain

Quelque part avec quelques parts

De mes quelques pas sur le plus long des chemins

Mal à méditer, je pense aux euros

J’l’ai bien mérité, j’suis parti de rien

De la vérité, je mens souvent trop

De l’altérité quand tout est commun

Donne-moi ton cœur et j’te donnerai le mien

Sauf qu’il est tout noir et qu’il touche à sa fin

Dans les couloirs, j’ai côtoyé la mort (ouais)

Heureusement pour moi, il n’y avait plus d’place assise (non)

Bicraveur notoire connait pas la crise (non)

Ien-cli, pacson dans fermeture à coins (hé)

[Refrain 2]

Tellement d’cannabis (saal)

Tellement d’cannabis, tellement d’cannabis

J’sais même plus quoi faire de mon joint (ouais)

Tellement d’ennemis, tellement d’ennemis (saal)

Ouais, j’n’écris que ce que je vis

[Outro]

Dems

C'est bon

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Track details

From Lithopédion

2018
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Lithopédion
Lithopédion
Damso
Release year
2018
  1. —Ipséité
  2. —Même issue
  3. —Feu de bois
  4. —Julien
  5. —Smog
  6. —Introduction (Damso / Lithopédion)
  7. —60 années
  8. —Humains
  9. —Silence
  10. —Aux paradis
  11. —Tard la night
  12. —Dix leurres
  13. —NMI
  14. —William
  15. —Baltringue
  16. —Noir meilleur
  17. —Festival de rêves
  18. —Perplexe
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Damso — NMI

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