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Earl Sweatshirt – Playing Possum (2018) | Track profile | Dork

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Some Rap Songs
Playing Possum

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Earl Sweatshirt

Playing Possum

Release date: 30th November 2018

From Some Rap Songs

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About This Track

"Playing Possum" is a track by Earl Sweatshirt, from the album Some Rap Songs, released 30th November 2018. It's filed under Hip-Hop/Rap. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 9 articles about Earl Sweatshirt.

About the Artist

Earl Sweatshirt

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Lyrics

Playing Possum

[Cheryl Harris & Keorapetse Kgositsile]

To my mentors and comrades in arms

Those presence and those gone on

Thank you to my family

(Can you see them now?)

To my partner Mysteria who I love and depend on more than I can say

(For some children)

To my son Thebe (Words like)

Cultural worker and student of life (Home)

Whose growth and insights inspire me, a thousand kisses

(Could not carry any possible meaning)

Thank you to my brothers (But displaced)

My niece (Border)

My nephews, my sisters, my friends (Refugee)

My whole family network (Consider)

Who have let me be distracted and inconsistent in my intention

(The premature daily death of their dreams)

Who've put up with crazy schedules, short tempers, mad dashes, and all the rest

(Consider what staggering memories frighten and abort

The hope that should have been

Perhaps I should just borrow

The rememberer’s voice again

While I can and say)

You know the real deal

("To have a home is not a favor")

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Track details

From Some Rap Songs

2018

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Album

Earl Sweatshirt

30th November 2018

Release year

2018

1Shattered Dreams
2:21
2Red Water
1:44
3Cold Summers
1:06
4Nowhere2go
1:54
5December 24
1:47
6Ontheway! (feat. Standing On the Corner)
1:42
7The Mint (feat. Navy Blue)
2:45
8The Bends
1:35
9Loosie
0:59
10Azucar
1:26
11Eclipse
1:34
12Veins
2:00
13Playing Possum (feat. Cheryl Harris & Keorapetse Kgositsile)
1:35
14Peanut
1:14
15Riot!
1:06
—Ontheway!
—Playing Possum

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Cheryl Harris, Earl Sweatshirt, Keorapetse Kgositsile
Lyricist: Earl Sweatshirt, randomblackdude
Composer: randomblackdude
Producer: randomblackdude
Engineer: Earl Sweatshirt
Mastering Engineer: Mike Bozzi
Mixing Engineer: Earl Sweatshirt, Gio Escobar